Orbital Brief

Orbital Brief — Starship Launches , Raptor engines , Starlink, SI, Tesla

[Orbital Brief @SpxsiSuperHeavy]

Starship Flight 15 plan, per SpaceX: ~275 km orbit, ~14 laps over 22+ hours. 26 Starlink V3s deploy T+35 min to ~T+1h18m. Deorbit burn ~T+21h36m, then a Ship catch try at Starbase ~T+22h33m, only if reentry systems are healthy. As soon as Fri Nov 13, pending approval.

[Zack Golden @CSI_Starbase]

Being this close to a Spacecraft less than a few hours hours after returning from orbit (while its still being purged) is one of the most surreal experiences ever.

[Tikorium @tikorium]

@SpaceX

[KosmicNomad @thekosmicnomad]

@SpaceX History has been made 🥹 🇺🇸
USA! USA! USA!

[LEC @LEC1224]

Mänskligheten levlade just upp och jag fick leva för att se det.

[Orbital Brief @SpxsiSuperHeavy]

@stardashlive Wow

[StarDash @stardashlive]

~22.5 hours in 30 seconds..

Here's Ship 42's full mission recording from Starbase to Starbase!
Full Flight 15 telemetry recording will be up on https://t.co/XOcKv6BNhZ in the coming hours so you can play around and take a look for yourself!

[Orbital Brief @SpxsiSuperHeavy]

@GzzUp_ @nojumper 😭

[Launch Topics @LaunchTopics]

@CSI_Starbase RVacs looking showroom fresh after a day in orbit. Somebody check the odometer.

[🦃MOON WAR NOW🦃 @moonwarnow]

Stainless steel is a superalloy.

[JackJack @LRjackjack8730]

EJ’S REACTION IS BY FAR THE BEST 🥹🥹

[Elisar Priel @ENNEPS]

THEY CAUGHT A SHIP!!!
Starship Ship 42's incredible "flip and burn" return to Launch Pad 2 at Starbase, and catch by the Chopsticks from 16 different @NASASpaceflight Starbase live cameras.
ongoing coverage: https://t.co/9pgA5jtDQc

[Robin @xdNiBoR]

THEY CAUGHT THE SHIP HOLY SHIT

[Maxarick @Maxarick]

They did it. That's the tweet. They did it.

[Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut]

WHAT DID I JUST WITNESS?!?!? I just watched a Starship reenter after over 22 hours in orbit AND GOT CAUGHT BY THE TOWER!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!! Huge congrats @SpaceX @elonmusk

[Orbital Brief @SpxsiSuperHeavy]

@SpaceX Wow. Just wow. SpaceX is the best to ever do it. Congratulations to everyone involved.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship is executing a banking maneuver and final approach as it returns to Starbase for a catch

[Orbital Brief @SpxsiSuperHeavy]

@megagoose11 Can’t wait for raptor four.

[Orbital Brief @SpxsiSuperHeavy]

@SkySciGuy lol

[Orbital Brief @SpxsiSuperHeavy]

No shot there’s people who believe Starship is a UFO lol. I forget there’s people who don’t even know starship exists.

[SkySciGuy @SkySciGuy]

@SpxsiSuperHeavy The amount of posts I’ve seen about people thinking its a UFO is driving me insane

[Orbital Brief @SpxsiSuperHeavy]

@elonmusk @TheEVuniverse @DJSnM We know you just don’t like V3 boosters, heck all my homies hate V3 boosters aswell. V4 with upgraded raptors is where superheavy will truly shine. Can’t wait. In the meantime pls put hoppy in the Starbase museum. #preservehoppy