Watch as SpaceX Starship 38 belly flops down to the Indian Ocean as part of SpaceX's 11th Starship Flight Test #SpaceX #Starship #Flight11 Join our community Discord! https://discord.com/invite/xCm9UpDPE4 This coverage is made possible by our amazing community! Consider becoming a The Launch Pad Member and go behind the scenes with early video access, behind the scenes live streams and more! SUBSCRIBE to The Launch Pad! https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad SUBSCRIBE to TLP Space News! https://www.youtube.c ...

Watch as SpaceX Starship 38 splashes down as part of SpaceX's 11th Starship Flight Test #SpaceX #Starship #Flight11 Join our community Discord! https://discord.com/invite/xCm9UpDPE4 This coverage is made possible by our amazing community! Consider becoming a The Launch Pad Member and go behind the scenes with early video access, behind the scenes live streams and more! SUBSCRIBE to The Launch Pad! https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad SUBSCRIBE to TLP Space News! https://www.youtube.com/@thelaunchpadnews OU ...

Watch as SpaceX Starship 38 splashes down as part of SpaceX's 11th Starship Flight Test #SpaceX #Starship #Flight11 Join our community Discord! https://discord.com/invite/xCm9UpDPE4 This coverage is made possible by our amazing community! Consider becoming a The Launch Pad Member and go behind the scenes with early video access, behind the scenes live streams and more! SUBSCRIBE to The Launch Pad! https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad SUBSCRIBE to TLP Space News! https://www.youtube.com/@thelaunchpadnews OU ...

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Mission Overview - SpaceX is launching the Tranche 1 Transport Layer C mission [1] - The mission involves a Falcon 9 launch of 21 Tranche 1 Transport Layer C satellites for the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) [1] - The mission supports the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation [1] Launch Details - Launch Date: October 14th at 4:12:09AM MDT (23:12 UTC) [1] - Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California [1] - Target Orbit: Polar Orbit [1] Falcon 9 Booster - Falcon 9 Booster: B1093-7 [1] - Booster turnaround time: 34 days [1] - Recovery: Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) [1]

Watch LIVE as RocketLab launches the 73rd Electron rocket. Today's launch is the first of a bulk buy of 10 Electron launches by Synspective to deliver their StriX satellites to low Earth orbit. StriX satellites collect data with a ground resolution of 1-3m and a swath width of more than 10-30km. Each Electron launch will deliver 1 StriX satellite into orbit. #RocketLab #Electron #Synspective Join our community Discord! https://discord.com/invite/xCm9UpDPE4 This coverage is made possible by our amazing commu ...

Mission Objectives & Testing - The primary goal of the Starship flight is to gather data for rapid iteration of the design, particularly focusing on reusability [3][4] - The flight includes intentional "missing tile tests" on the leeward side of the flaps and over fuel tanks to assess the vehicle's resilience to heat during re-entry with bare steel exposed [4][12][13][14][15] - A banking maneuver is performed during supersonic and hypersonic speeds to simulate a return-to-launch-site approach and tower catch [20][28] Re-entry Dynamics & Challenges - Re-entry is a critical phase, demanding the ship scrub off energy used during launch, relying on aerodynamic braking [2][3] - Hypersonic speeds during re-entry (over five times the speed of sound, or approximately 8 km/s) create a plasma field that can cause communication blackouts [5] - The ship experiences maximum heating and aerodynamic loads (Max Q) during re-entry [8][27] Vehicle Performance & Observations - The skirt remained intact during this flight, addressing issues observed in flight 10 related to propellant buildup [17][18][19] - The ship successfully executed a banking maneuver to simulate return-to-launch-site conditions [26][27][28] - Starship achieved a controlled landing burn, transitioning from three engines to two for the final phase [36][37] Future Capabilities & Goals - The ultimate goal is rapid and reliable reusability of the spacecraft [1] - Future capabilities include point-to-point transport on Earth, potentially enabling travel from New York to Sydney in approximately one hour [25] - The company aims to return the ship to the launch site for a tower catch in future tests [16][28][31]

Watch as SpaceX launches Starship 38 and Super Heavy B15.2 of SpaceX's 11th Starship Flight Test #SpaceX #Starship #Flight11 Join our community Discord! https://discord.com/invite/xCm9UpDPE4 This coverage is made possible by our amazing community! Consider becoming a The Launch Pad Member and go behind the scenes with early video access, behind the scenes live streams and more! SUBSCRIBE to The Launch Pad! https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad SUBSCRIBE to TLP Space News! https://www.youtube.com/@thelaunchp ...

T - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 We have liftoff. Go Super Heavy. Go Starship.Thanks for all the historic flights. Pad one. Vehicles getting downrange.Raptor chamber pressure nominal. Booster and ship. Nominal power and telemetry.All right, we are about 45 seconds into flight. We're still getting the rattle here at Star Factory. We are seeing 33 out of 33 Raptor engines lit on Super Heavy as it arcs across the Gulf.Coming up next on Max Q. Max. So, at this point, we've passed through that period of maximum aerodyna ...

shipping is the ship is making its turn for final approach. And here's this kind of aggressive final turn that would essentially position it so it's right behind the launching catch tower. Flap's holding strong.Landing burn in just under 20 seconds. [Music] Shift landing start up. [Applause] There's our landing burn.Three down to two. Starship is landed. ...