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

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

Stream Link
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 🚀

Link to Starship Dev thread

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    1 year ago

    Hmm, I am a bit more confident in the ships abilities (at least for anything between hot staging and SECO).

    Anyways, if it gets to the point to initiate hot staging (regardless of the outcome) and the FTS works, it‘s a success. But we should also remember that SN9 landed (crashed) harder than SN8, and SN12 was way worse than the previous three tests. If stage zero is mostly unharmed, the FTS works, and the authorities are not too unhappy, SpaceX has already produced enough hardware for several tests to get it right within the next few months. A good test is a test where you learn a lot, and can try again soon.