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Video analysis: * Parts of launch platform going up in the air. * Rocket drifting laterally wrt to the launch tower. * Part of hydraulic system blowing up wi
by BenoitP 3y ago
Video analysis:
* Parts of launch platform going up in the air.
* Rocket drifting laterally wrt to the launch tower.
* Part of hydraulic system blowing up with an engine at T+30
* T+50: fire on the left of the rocket engines
* T+1m05: something blowing up on the right
* T+1m27: weird color between engines. recirculation? fire?
* T+2m0: trajectory just wrong, but still not destroying it to get more data out of nominal parameters
* T+3m: green flames means oxygen-rich mix burn-corroding the engine from the inside
* T+4m: booster exploding, then a few seconds later starship. Was it voluntary?
* launch tower relatively intact, all things considered
* rocket stayed attached to launchpad for a long time up to 7 seconds (time to light up all engines?)
Launch: Lost up to 6 engines, Max-Q passed, separation failure, going a bit KSP-style, vehicle destruction
T 0: launch
T-40s: Countdown hold, no scrubbing yet. Can hold for 15mn. Problem with bleed purge. Would restart at T-40s
T-1: Gimbals working ok
T-3: Fully loaded
T-7: Only first stage to finish loading (scheduled at T-3)
T-11: Still go for launch
T-18: SpaceX "Starship’s Raptor engines are chilling down in preparation for liftoff"
T-37: EM "Starship on track to launch in ~37 mins"
T-80: SpaceX "Fueling of Starship’s upper stage is now underway"
T-86: SpaceX "Fueling of the Super Heavy booster is underway"
T-117: SpaceX "The Starship team is go for prop load; team is keeping an eye on the weather"
T-8h: EM "All systems currently green for launch"
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Note: Can't edit or delete my previous comment anymore, please disregard it. New info will be on this one
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Launch in about 1 hours (13:28 UTC), which would be:
- 6:28 Pacific
- 7:28 Mountain
- 8:28 Central
- 9:28 Eastern
- 15:28 European
- Other: https://time.is/1328_20_Apr_2023_in_UTC https://time.is/1328_20_Apr_2023_in_UTC
Official video stream starts ~45mn beforehand
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- Resources/info:
https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/12n02uf/rspacex_integrated_flight_test_official_launch/ https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/12n02uf/rspacex_int...
https://twitter.com/SpaceX https://twitter.com/SpaceX
https://twitter.com/elonmusk https://twitter.com/elonmusk
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-test https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-...
- Resources/watch:
Twitter stream (official, slightly ahead): https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1649033533846097927?s=20 https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1649033533846097927?s=20
Mission control audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBKCePn1E5A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBKCePn1E5A
Multistream: https://multistream.co/p/RB8Ao4GidTy/Starship%5C_Flight%5C_Test%5C_420 https://multistream.co/p/RB8Ao4GidTy/Starship%5C_Flight%5C_T...
Everyday Astronaut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAl3gVvMNNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAl3gVvMNNM
LabPadre Multi Plex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2BQKCnPkIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2BQKCnPkIc
NASASpaceflight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uouujjgkR3A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uouujjgkR3A
- chinathrow 3y agoAnd the stream from Everyday Astronaut, Tim Dodd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAl3gVvMNNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAl3gVvMNNM
- pixl97 3y ago>rocket stayed attached to launchpad for a long time up to 7 seconds (time to light up all engines?) This is the expected behavior. Engine lighting occurs in 3 stages and takes 6-8 seconds to complete.
- BenoitP 3y agoDamn, poor launchpad ^^