SpaceX Starship Flight 10

[jeff79]

2nd attempt tentatively launch at about 7.59 am. Will there be sudden energetic events and meteor shower again?

edit 3rd attempt tentatively launch at about 7.29am

 

[jeff79]

The mission profile for Flight 10 is almost identical to Flight 9, with almost all the same objectives. Booster 16 is planned to test a directional flip on stage separation and an engine-out landing burn scenario, with 1 center engine intentionally disabled being replaced by an engine from the middle ring of 10. Booster 16 will then hover over the ocean surface before dropping into the Gulf of Mexico on its maiden flight. The booster will descend at an angle of attack less extreme than Booster 14-2 in the previous flight. Ship 37 is planned to deploy 8 Starlink mass simulators, as well as demonstrate an in-space Raptor relight test. It is planned to splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

 

[jeff79]

Scrubbed already

 

[jeff79]

2 nd attempt tentatively at 7.59 am

 

[beano]

I thought they said 2nd flight unlikely?

 

[jeff79]

official livestream

 

[buttbERry]

here we go again

 

[jeff79]

Scrubbed again due to weather conditions.

 

[jeff79]

3rd attempt tentatively launch at about 7.29am

 

[klim668]

Got fireworks to see again.

 

[carlongerdidu93]

 

[jeff79]

FLIGHT TEST TIMELINE​

All Times Approximate

00:00:02	Liftoff
00:01:02	Max Q (moment of peak aerodynamic stress on the rocket)
00:02:36	Super Heavy MECO (most engines cut off)
00:02:38	Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
00:02:48	Super Heavy boostback burn start
00:03:38	Super Heavy boostback burn shutdown
00:03:40	Hot-stage jettison
00:06:20	Super Heavy landing burn start
00:06:40	Super Heavy landing burn shutdown
00:08:57	Starship engine cutoff
00:18:27	Payload deploy demo start
00:25:32	Payload deploy demo complete
00:37:48	Raptor in-space relight demo
00:47:29	Starship entry
01:03:15	Starship is transonic
01:04:30	Starship is subsonic
01:06:14	Landing flip
01:06:20	Landing burn start
01:06:30	An exciting landing!

 

[jeff79]

The bottom right showing starship spinning slowly again. Now pointing north.

 

[jeff79]

Vapor gas inside the payload bay again.

 

[jeff79]

Vapor vented and payload door opened

 

[beano]

Looking good!

 

[jeff79]

Hope they remember to close the payload door before reentry.

edit payload door closed

 

[waiken]

walau no show door shutting

 

[jeff79]

The fin seem like something torn and dangling.

 

[jeff79]

2 heat shield tiles on flap detaching already before reentry.