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Welcome to the /c/SpaceX Integrated Flight Test 2 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2023-11-18 13:00 | |


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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2023-11-18 07:00 (CST) | | Launch Window (UTC) | 2023-11-18 13:00 to 2023-11-18 13:20 (20 minutes) | | Weather | Good | | Launch site | OLM-A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. | | Booster | B9 | | Ship | S25 | | Booster landing | B9 to perform a soft water landing in the Gulf of Mexico | | Ship landing | S25 expected to impact Pacific Ocean near Hawaii |

Webcasts

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| | Everyday Astronaut (4k and low latency) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6na40SqzYnU | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LFzFWaACo | LabPadre | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwhcSwQWOHk | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0K0uSDE6ks | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbmBspvaHE | SpaceX | https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1725852544587727145#m | The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CREQ3e2Li34

Stats

☑️ 2nd Starship Full Stack launch

☑️ 299th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 86th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 2nd launch from OLM-A this year

☑️ 211 days, 23:27:00 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Mission Details 🚀

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gotta love how quick he is on these.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

And he's now done a more in-depth analysis: Starship & Superheavy Become The Biggest Rocket In Space.... Before Exploding

He speculates that B9 engine failure during boostback was due to either fuel slosh, fluid hammer, or a combination of both. It's unclear whether the booster FTS was triggered or whether the Booster RUD happened on its own.

For S25, he notes that a puff of gas just after T+7 minutes coincides with a drop in the LOx gauge. This indicates an oxygen leak of some sort, which could have any number of causes.