SpaceX - Starship Flight Test 3 - OLP-A - Starbase/Texas - March 14, 2024
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 Published On Streamed live on Mar 14, 2024

Most interesting timestamps of the video:

00:38:48: The one-minute countdown starts here
00:42:13: Hot Staging Maneuver starts
00:44:24: De-Orbit Super Heavy Booster starts
01:10:07: Stunning views from orbit and interior cargo bay
01:18:04: Starship Deorbiting Meneuver starts
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The third flight test of Starship is targeted to launch on Thursday, March 14. The 110-minute test window opens at 5:00 PDT, 7:00 a.m. CDT, 08:00 a.m. EDT, 12:00 UTC, and 13:00 CET.

Starship’s second flight test achieved several significant milestones and provided invaluable data to continue rapidly developing Starship. Each of these flight tests continues to be just that: a test. They don’t occur in a lab or on a test stand but put flight hardware in a flight environment to maximize learning.

The third flight test aims to build on what SpaceX learned from previous flights while attempting many ambitious objectives, including the successful ascent burn of both stages, opening and closing Starship’s payload door, a propellant transfer demonstration during the upper stage’s coast phase, the first ever re-light of a Raptor engine while in space, and a controlled reentry of Starship. It will also fly a new trajectory, with Starship targeted to splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This latest flight path enables SpaceX to attempt new techniques like in-space engine burns while maximizing public safety.

This rapid iterative development approach has been the basis for SpaceX’s significant innovative advancements, including Falcon, Dragon, and Starlink. Recursive improvement is essential as we build a fully reusable transportation system capable of carrying crew and cargo to Earth orbit, helping humanity return to the Moon and travel to Mars and beyond.

A live webcast of the 3rd suborbital flight test will begin ~30 minutes before liftoff. As with all developmental testing, this schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so stay tuned to our social media channels for updates.

Overview:
Height: 120 m / 394 ft
Diameter: 9 m / 30 ft
Payload to LEO: 100+ t / 220+ klb
Starship is the fully reusable spacecraft and the second stage of the Starship system. It offers an integrated payload section and can carry passengers and cargo to Earth orbit, planetary destinations, and between destinations on Earth.

Starship
Height: 50 m / 164 ft
Diameter: 9 m / 30 ft
Propellant Capacity: 1200 t / 2.6 Mlb
Thrust: 1500 tf / 3.2Mlbf
Payload Capacity: 100 -150 t orbit dependent

Super Heavy
Our next-generation launch system's first stage, or booster, has a gross liftoff mass of over 3 million kg and uses sub-cooled liquid methane and liquid oxygen (CH4/LOX) propellants. The booster will return to land at the launch site on its 6 legs.

Height: 69 m / 230 ft
Diameter: 9 m / 30 ft
Propellant Capacity: 3400 t / 6.8 Mlb
Thrust: 7590 tf / 17 Mlbf

Payload
The Starship payload fairing is 9 m in diameter and 18 m high, resulting in any current or in-development launcher's most significant usable payload volume. This payload volume can be configured for both crew and cargo.

Payload Volume Height: 8 m / 59 ft
Payload Fairing Diameter: 9 m / 30 ft
Payload Volume: 100 m3 / 38,800 ft3
Useful Mass: 100+ t / 220+ klb

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