SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacexs-starship-megarocket-launching-to-orbit-for-1st-time-ever-on-sept-28-watch-it-live

52•geox•2h ago

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317070•55m ago

Does someone know where to watch the official livestream? The internet is so swarmed with all the recasters I cannot find the official stream anymore...

Edit: https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14

petterroea•52m ago

Only on X, sadly.

My experience however is that NASASpaceflight provides an overall better coverage than the official stream, only recasting when they don't have camera angles themselves (Such as when the ship is in space or during reentry)

LunicLynx•24m ago

They have a stream on their page starting 40min before launch.

Also can recommend the restream of everyday astronaut Tim Dodd

sebzim4500•7m ago

Yeah but it's just a white-labelled version of the X stream with all its warts.

holt62•27m ago

What an incredible feat of engineering, even if it doesn't make orbit. Just getting that much mass off the pad is mind-boggling.

prodigycorp•22m ago

Stream starts in about 1hr. Payload is 26 starlink v3 satellites.

Launch window is 8:15 AM to 9:30 AM eastern time. Superheavy will land 7min after launch. Starship lands 9hrs post launch.

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1qxvvenMPMQxB

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14

motionlessveloc•19m ago

Ship will also have to be outfitted with a life-support system ahead of crewed missions, which could be coming relatively soon. For example, NASA picked Ship to the be the first crewed lunar lander for its Artemis program, which aims to land people on the moon for the first time in 2028 on the Artemis IV mission.

Don't worry, there is absolutely no chance this will happen in 2028. There are many detailed takedowns of why the "Human Landing System" schedule is preposterous, but here's HN's idlewords:

https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/how-should-we-think-about-...

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