Ship 41

Flight 14 Starship. First Ship to go orbital! Kinda evil twin: @starship_41
Flight partner: @SpaceXBooster21

[Ship 41 @realship41]

This was definitely one historic flight. This was the first orbital flight of thousands!

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship achieved orbit on its first attempt and successfully delivered Starlink V3 satellites to space for the first time → https://t.co/LwJ4g6dNZ3

[Ship 41 @realship41]

@SpaceXBooster21 Thanks for the boost

[Ship 41 @realship41]

@ScottLikedSLS 😁

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

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

[Ship 41 @realship41]

Sea level engines are chilling for landing burn in around seven minutes.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

T+03:00:00 reentry still occurring.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

Entering peak heating phase of reentry!

[Ship 41 @realship41]

Flaps are in control of the vehicle.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

Ship is below the karman line. Attitude is nominal.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

Reentry is underway

[Ship 41 @realship41]

This marks the first time a raptor has relit twice during a flight. Meanwhile ship reentry is expected at T+02:47:00 and splashdown at T+03:08:30 in the North Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

Nominal return trajectory!

[Ship 41 @realship41]

Shutdown of the deorbit burn.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

Ignition of the deorbit burn.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

I will be returning to the northern Pacific Ocean early to a pre cleared area due to an unknown issue at this time. Deorbit burn will now occur at T+02:12:00 into the flight with a splashdown at around T+03:00:00. On the bright side contact has been made with 26/26 Starlinks!

[Ship 41 @realship41]

@Thatoneguyxand Yes yes yes

[Ship 41 @realship41]

The payload bay door has closed and payload deployment is complete.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

This is now also the longest duration Starship mission, beating Starship Flight 11 which lasted 01:06:25, with this mission now over 01:10:00.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

SpaceX teams are now preforming checks to verify they can continue in orbit or if they need to deorbit early and return to an abort zone.

[Ship 41 @realship41]

26 out of 26 deployed! This marks the first orbital deployment of Starlink V3 satellites. The last three satellites out of the bay were equipped with cameras and flashlights to capture imagery of the heat shield tiles and ship post ascent.