SpaceX is about to launch Starship 25 and Booster 9 on the program's second orbital test flight! IFT-2 will launch NET on November 18th between 7 a.m. and 7:20 a.m. CST (13:00 to 13:20 Zulu Time/GMT), and you can watch it LIVE with me and the rest of the WAI team! We have 4k cameras in place and close to the pad! This test flight aims to improve on IFT-1, SpaceX's first attempt at launching a full-stack Starship on April 20th, 2023. The launch will take off at SpaceX's Starbase in south Texas, USA. Here's the launch timeline with event times before and after ignition. For more info on the upcoming flight, go to COUNTDOWN All times approximate HR/MIN/SEC 02:00:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load 01:37:00 Booster LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway 01:37:00 Booster fuel load (liquid methane) underway 01:17:00 Ship fuel load (liquid methane) underway 01:13:00 Ship LOX load underway 00:19:40 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship 00:00:10 Flame deflector activation 00:00:03 Raptor ignition sequence begins 00:00:00 Excitement guaranteed FLIGHT TEST TIMELINE All times are approximate HR/MIN/SEC 00:00:02 Liftoff 00:00:52 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket) 00:02:39 Booster MECO (most engines cut off) 00:02:41 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation) 00:02:53 Booster boostback burn startup 00:03:47 Booster boostback burn shutdown 00:06:18 Booster is transonic 00:06:30 Booster landing burn startup 00:06:48 Booster landing burn shutdown 00:08:33 Starship engine cutoff 01:17:21 Starship entry 01:28:43 Starship is transonic 01:30:00 An exciting landing! #SpaceX #starship #elonmusk #starbase ️Redline Helicopters: ️Merch Store US: ️Merch Store EU: ️Twitter: ️Instagram: ️Facebook: ️Patreon: ️WAI Spotify Playlist: Editing: John Young, Alex Potvin, Stefanie Schlang Photography: John Cargile, John Winkopp & Stefanie Schlang 3D Animation: Voop3D Script & Research: Eryk Gawron, Oskar Wrobel, Felix Schlang Host: Felix Schlang Production: Stefanie & Felix Schlang Graphics & Media Processing: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang Credit: SpaceX LabPadre on X: LabPadre on YouTube: Links for this Live Stream:
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