Ben McCord

Professional Pyromaniac

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Splashdown confirmed. Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the first orbital flight of Starship!

[Starlink @Starlink]

Views from of one of the first 26 Starlink V3 satellites successfully deployed to orbit by Starship

Thanks for the ride, @SpaceX!

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

SHIP IS NOT GOING TO ORBIT

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

View of Starship in space from a Starlink V3 satellite on Flight 13.

This composite is made of imagery from four separate cameras on a single satellite. Six of the satellites were equipped with cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions

[Ben McCord @bmccord01]

Awesome to see the transparency here. Working on aborts you hope to never see the moment that they are needed, but when they are, all that time and hard work pays off immensely to let you live to fly another day

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Four of Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor engines aborted at startup due to issues with their ox turbopumps on our launch attempt last week

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Starship has successfully ignited one of its Raptor engines while in space, testing a maneuver that will be needed on future orbital missions

[Shana Diez @ShanaDiez]

For folks following along, today was the first time we lit engines on a full stack Starship then aborted and detanked. While similar to a wet dress rehearsal there is a lot going on and any first time operation comes with additional risk.

Our operators and operations teams plan for this and it’s a testament to their hard work and preparation that enables an efficient and safe operation on the first try. For all the folks who stayed up late reviewing data to set aborts, running endless simulations or needling on the details of procedures, it paid off today.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship V3 landing burn over the Indian Ocean

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First 33-engine static fire for Super Heavy V3

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Full-duration static fire for the first time on Starship V3

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship’s tenth flight test took a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.

Next up: Flight 11 of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, October 13 → https://t.co/YmvmGZUsXW

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View of Starship landing burn and splashdown on Flight 10, made possible by SpaceX’s recovery team. Starship made it through reentry with intentionally missing tiles, completed maneuvers to intentionally stress its flaps, had visible damage to its aft skirt and flaps, and still executed a flip and landing burn that placed it approximately 3 meters from its targeted splashdown point

[Ben McCord @bmccord01]

@DJSnM @SpaceX Such an awesome team to be a part of. Lucky to callout the first shipV2 landing burn for everyone who’s poured their life into this rocket

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Landing looked almost like a whale breaching in reverse!
Congratulations to everyone at @spaceX who made this happen.

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Full-duration static fire for the Starship preparing for our tenth flight test

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Starship long-duration static fire ahead of the eighth flight test

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Flight 7 Starship and Super Heavy stacked on the launch pad at Starbase

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Starship’s sixth flight test aimed to push the vehicle to its limits as we iterate towards a rapidly reusable rocket.

Up next: a new ship, new year, and new limits. Excitement still guaranteed → https://t.co/QNCSPTewLA

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Static fire of Flight 7 Starship

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Starship landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean