Starship Flight Test 3

[deep parrot]

yooooo

[sterile pilot]

These cams are perfect

[mighty kite]

landing burn??

[hexed galleon]

fucking ecstatic rn

[wild frost]

BOOSTER IN SPACE

[hexed galleon]

how is this real

[night imp]

Booster is pointing the right direction soo

[mighty kite]

ikr

[quaint cargo]

I’m on the edge of my toilet!!

[twilit spoke]

I can’t believe it’s real

[hexed galleon]

nom traj

[wild frost]

I WANNA SEE THAT BOOSTER FUCKING HIT THE WATER

[olive kiln]

Fellas how the fuck is this fucking working

[onyx swallow]

norminal trajectory

[hexed galleon]

camera out

[snow axle]

HOLY SHIT

[night imp]

Rip video

[hexed galleon]

cam back

[wild frost]

starship is good

[wild frost]

holy hell

[sick relic]

65km for booster

[hexed galleon]

dream

[quaint cargo]

It’s so beautiful 🥲

[violet cloud]

My gosh

[wild frost]

that water landing is gonna be Crazyyyyy

[violet cloud]

This is epic

[onyx swallow]

the 1 tile

[sick relic]

uhh

GRIDFINS'

[dusty hedge]

Wow

[wild frost]

this is fucking peak

[sick relic]

AHHHHHHHHHHH

[hexed galleon]

FINS

[mighty kite]

grid fun

[onyx swallow]

THE GRIDFINS

[mighty kite]

FINS
S

ss

s

s

[dusty hedge]

This is wild

[mighty kite]

WS

[hexed galleon]

NO WAY

[wild frost]

FINS

[hexed galleon]

ROLLIN

[boreal dagger]

Got my class to stream it btw

[violet cloud]

I cannon believe what I'm seeing

[sterile pilot]

That thing is going so fucking fast

[quaint cargo]

It’s coming back!!

[wild frost]

wigggle wiggle wiggle

[bold reef]

omg

omg

omg

[violet cloud]

This is awesome

[sick relic]

HERE WE GO

[hexed galleon]

holy mcchickrndhit

[mighty kite]

WHAA
A

t

[sick relic]

h oh

[mighty kite]

hwa

w

d

[olive kiln]

https://tenor.com/view/dashingducks-dashing-ducks-ducks-dashing-rubido-gif-3790680451340514157

[sick relic]

loss of control looks like

[wild frost]

HOLY SHIT IST GONNA HIT THE WATER

[mighty kite]

ummm

uhhhh

[hexed galleon]

OOF

[sick relic]

lmao got like 2 engines

[mighty kite]

oh

[onyx swallow]

AWWWWW

[wild frost]

WIGGLE

[mighty kite]

umm

[hexed galleon]

LMAO

[wild frost]

Lol no

LMAO

[violet cloud]

RIP BOOSTEE

[mighty kite]

lol

[sick relic]

SO FUCKING CLOSE

[mighty kite]

were attempting to learn

[wild frost]

rip booster

[onyx swallow]

THAT WAS SO CLOSE THO
THAT'S INSANE

[hexed galleon]

secondary mission kerploofed

they got far tbh

[snow axle]

LMAO

[hexed galleon]

go them

[deep parrot]

booster splas

[wild frost]

I cant wait for that footage of that to come in'

[sterile pilot]

Honestly they might have just lost data as it got too close to the ocean

[mighty kite]

ship is in space though

wow

[deep parrot]

uh oh

[twilit spoke]

Boomster

[wild frost]

yeah the ship aint reentering in one peice

[hexed galleon]

if we had video we should be fine

[snow axle]

hit the ocean at mach fuck

[wild frost]

it def died

[coarse geyser]

Booster ded

[wild frost]

rip boter

[hexed galleon]

1km/s isn’t good for rocket

[wild frost]

cmon ship

no blow

[mighty kite]

rva chsutdiwbn

[onyx swallow]

and engine shutdown

[hexed galleon]

WELCOME TO ORBIT BABY

[boreal dagger]

Can we talk about how we got onboards though

[wild frost]

WOOOO ENGINE SHUTDOWN

[mighty kite]

ti mDE IT

1

[sick relic]

CUTOFF WITH ALL 6 RAPTORS STILL WORKING

[wild frost]

FULL ORBIT BABY

[sick relic]

"ORBIT"

[quaint cargo]

ORBIT!!!

[hexed galleon]

THEY DID THE THING

[sick relic]

FUCK YEAH

[onyx swallow]

not quite
it's I think 99 ish % there

[mighty kite]

orbit

[olive kiln]

WE ARE IN ORBIT

[hexed galleon]

TWARING YP

[mighty kite]

other vireew

[boreal dagger]

Woooo

[onyx swallow]

norminal orbit insertion I guess

[hexed galleon]

okay well they did the thing

[quaint cargo]

https://tenor.com/view/orbit-happy-earth-moon-happy-earth-day-gif-5361497

[wild frost]

WE ARE IN ORBIT

[glacial saddle]

what did booster do

[wild frost]

fucking die

[olive kiln]

BRUHHHHHHH

[wild frost]

re light

re light

re light

[hexed galleon]

nice venting

[deep parrot]

lots of ventinh

[mighty kite]

its rotaoting

[wild frost]

this is so fucking peak

[hexed galleon]

ohhhh prob rcs then

[sterile pilot]

I don't see a single lost tile

[onyx swallow]

don't say it on Twitter, there will be fights about it
because it's in an orbit that if anything will rapidly decay to not leave a starship in orbit for some time

[stray swallow]

Beautiful

[onyx swallow]

oh there are

[woven saffron]

!!!

[boreal dagger]

You can see the shadows in the surrounding gas

[wild frost]

lol

twitter moment

[woven saffron]

Hey it worked

[onyx swallow]

25-30minutes

[mighty kite]

godo thing thjey didnt go fro tower catch

[deep parrot]

here i was thinking that neither would make it to space rn

[wild frost]

sure you do bud

[lunar citrus]

sprucc was stolen from us

[onyx swallow]

isn't it going to coast till like 250km?

[hexed galleon]

a few

[olive kiln]

You took your sweet time in getting here

[glacial saddle]

if this thing reenters i swear to god

[rancid mural]

NOMINAL ORBITAL INSERTION

[hexed galleon]

freaking out rn

[rancid mural]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO

[wild frost]

and the ship door

[sterile pilot]

Hmm the one closer to the body wasn't showing on my livestream before

[rancid mural]

MY HANDS ARE SHAKING

[wild frost]

jesus

this luanch

[rancid mural]

HOLY HELL

[hexed galleon]

what are the milestones

[spring juniper]

Ok so

[stray swallow]

I'm at KSC rn lol. Wrong space center I know

[spring juniper]

What the fuck

[hexed galleon]

okay so i need to get ready to go

[spring juniper]

I’m in class and I’m literally shaking

[rancid mural]

we need fuel transfer to go well now

[twilit spoke]

I’m literally shaking

[spring juniper]

What the actual fucking fuck

[olive kiln]

I’m on my sofa with Reggie.

[mighty kite]

so much better than animation

[spring juniper]

I AM SHAKING

[rancid mural]

I AM FUCKING TREMBLING

[spring juniper]

WHAT’S HAPPENING

THAT’S NOT NORMAL

[wild frost]

this is what dreams are made of

[onyx swallow]

AOS Puerto Rico

[sick relic]

looks like right at the end things got squirrely, gridfins were rolling the booster back and forth, sloshed the prop, engines ate bubbles yet again, hit water supersonic

AOS PR

dammit

[tribal lion]

What an incredible flight!

[wild frost]

3rd time WAS the charm

[mighty kite]

payload door soon

[quaint cargo]

You mean normininal

[sick relic]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[onyx swallow]

PES DOOR OPEN

[hexed galleon]

NO WAY

[onyx swallow]

tell me you have door camera
tell me

[frozen forge]

Okay what the actual FUCK DID I JUST WITNESS

[wild frost]

PES DOOR OPEN

[spring juniper]

I’M FUCKING SHAKING

[bold reef]

PEZ door

[rancid mural]

“Alrighty Artemis 10, AOS at Canary.”

[glacial olive]

PEZ DOOR XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[quaint cargo]

DOOR WEN

[hexed galleon]

welcome to a new era of space

[frozen forge]

THAT WAS THE COOLEST THING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE

[onyx swallow]

elevator music

[boreal dagger]

Dyall think the engines might’ve failed

[deep parrot]

pez lets gooo

[sterile pilot]

Nahhh not the elevator music

[wild frost]

im gonna take a showere reallly fast hold on

[hexed galleon]

LMAOOOOOOO

[wild frost]

elevator music

[olive kiln]

DOOR OPEN?????

[boreal dagger]

Bc we’re seeing a lot of aft venting

[tacit ember]

smooth jazz time

[twilit spoke]

Can we have images of pez door?

[sick relic]

No

[hexed galleon]

rcs

[rancid mural]

^^^

[boreal dagger]

That’s a lot of rcs

[rancid mural]

We are good

[frozen forge]

Rip to that one grid fin which fucked up

[rancid mural]

Lil guy did his darndest

[tribal lion]

Man. This is great

[frozen forge]

Wibble wobble

[wraith igloo]

Is it good?

[rancid mural]

True
Maybe it’s venting of leftover fuel from the tanks

[glacial saddle]

it is okay

[rancid mural]

AFAWK, yea

[frozen forge]

I genuinely don't have words for what I just witnessed
I want to scream

[wraith igloo]

Okay

[tribal lion]

By all means

[olive kiln]

I’m so happy.

[twilit spoke]

Saaaaammmeeee

[wraith igloo]

Onboard hot stage 🥵

[snow axle]

HOLY SHIT

[frozen forge]

Unfortunately its midnight and my family is asleep

[spring juniper]

I also want to scream

[bold reef]

https://x.com/DJSnM/status/1768270330458673471?s=20

Scott Manley (@DJSnM) on X

So we have questions about the booster failing, it looks to me like the grid fin control rules weren't stable.
But the engines may have failed for reasons related to the asymmetric shutdown

Twitter · Mar 14, 2024, 1:37 PM

[twilit spoke]

My mom heard yelling from another room and was like “did you say something”

[spring juniper]

But I’m in class

Good fucking lord

[tribal lion]

This is cause for celebration. I'm going out tonight...

[frozen forge]

I literally cummed my pants wtf

[onyx swallow]

wait what is this

[twilit spoke]

So it’s connected to the cape right now?

[sick relic]

INTERNAL CAM

[snow axle]

payload bay ! !

[twilit spoke]

LETS GO

[tribal lion]

My future home

[olive kiln]

The Hollywood studio this is all filmed in

[wraith igloo]

I’m so fucking happy

[violet cloud]

Starlink spam compartment

[coarse geyser]

TANK VOEW

[mighty kite]

https://imgur.com/IgOd4zl

[twilit spoke]

Imma steal that gif

[sterile pilot]

Hmm lots of people crowding around a monitor

[mighty kite]

google earth pro

[onyx swallow]

Expected LOS PR

[violet cloud]

I am just so happy rn

[hexed galleon]

booster maybe

[halcyon cypress]

God damn

[rancid mural]

Thanks

[spring juniper]

I just

[halcyon cypress]

That booster landing was insane

[spring juniper]

Don’t have the words to describe what I just watched

[glacial saddle]

that booster became land

[rancid mural]

Now we wait for the next main event: re-entry

[violet cloud]

Wait isn't that the door

[frozen forge]

"landing"

[violet cloud]

Isn't that supposed to be open

[frozen forge]

I'm (s)creaming

[twilit spoke]

Probably

[twilit spoke]

Stop 😭

[rancid mural]

Also my internet cut out so many times during the ascent that I almost threw my phone across the parking lot

[onyx swallow]

up to 212 km
getting close to apogee

[frozen forge]

CAN YOU FUCKING BLAME ME

[rancid mural]

It cut out at T+30s and then cut back in right before hot-staging

[sterile pilot]

Why is the lighting inside the ship cam rotating?

[twilit spoke]

Honestly, no

[ember ivy]

WHAT A BEAAAUUUTIFUL LAUNCH

[frozen forge]

Hole

[boreal dagger]

HAYLEE ARE YOU FOR REAL

[onyx swallow]

IT IS OPEN

I think

[sterile pilot]

Yeah I think its open

[glacial saddle]

when is rentry

[ember ivy]

I ended up watching it on the side of the football pitch lmao

[sterile pilot]

That's where the light is coming from

[onyx swallow]

with the light coming through

[lunar citrus]

Why does this music slap so hard

[tribal lion]

That's what I'm sayin

[frozen forge]

YES THAT WAS THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING I'VE WITNESSED IN MY ENTIRE LIFE

[bold reef]

sunlight

damn

[onyx swallow]

I think the ship is just moving around a bit and the light is reflecing of all the shiny surfaces

[boreal dagger]

HAYLEE

[lunar citrus]

I want new flight shirt

wher is it

[frozen forge]

Ok back to the stresm I need to hop off discord

[glacial saddle]

guys when is shit expected to burn

[onyx swallow]

[glacial saddle]

up

[halcyon cypress]

proud of the spacex teams making this all happen

[mighty kite]

https://imgur.com/fJqJCmp

[potent lark]

This is insane!!

[onyx swallow]

outside views!

[twilit spoke]

I genuinely cannot believe what I’ve just witnessed

[quasi canyon]

Yipe

[halcyon cypress]

Shoutout engine dysentery, gotta be my favorite way to see boosters impact

[lunar citrus]

The cameras have been amazing this time

[frozen forge]

That shot from the booser of the ship doing its thing was fucking sexy

[mighty kite]

wall paper if it was high res

[spring juniper]

Does anyone have a gif of the lift off

[mighty kite]

still waiting fro flickr photos of gfligth 1....

[violet cloud]

"An exciting splashdown"

[sterile pilot]

gfligth

[rancid gulch]

This is amazing

[deep parrot]

its absurd how fast it got to space

[onyx swallow]

https://fxtwitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1768270809057874143?s=20

[deep parrot]

lol

[lunar citrus]

Looks like it’s past apogee
Nvm

[frozen forge]

This music got me feeling like aperture science

[nimble coyote]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1104471081479315666.gif?size=32&quality=lossless

[onyx swallow]

still climbing now?

[deep parrot]

eta of reentry

?

[onyx swallow]

also it do be spinning a bit

just went from 229 to 230

[lunar citrus]

Yea I saw it go down for a sec

[frozen forge]

6 hours

[elfin path]

are they transferring fuel now?

[onyx swallow]

20 ish minutes I guess

[ember ivy]

the on board views were unreal

[mighty kite]

https://imgur.com/8KXKia1

[onyx swallow]

maybe down to 15

[violet cloud]

~2 mins iirc

[glacial saddle]

oh my god it is actually hold music

[rancid gulch]

Will we be able to see the gas transfer

[glacial saddle]

i only turned up the audio now

wtf

[onyx swallow]

yeah
instead of the techno

[lunar citrus]

I wish hold music was this good, this is amazing

[spring juniper]

Space Sex

[quasi canyon]

It's so random I love it

[lunar citrus]

Real

[onyx swallow]

I-

[frozen forge]

Gas
Gas
Gsas ttansfer
Its
Its not gas
Its liquid
Its liwuod prop
Its lox

[ember ivy]

the music lmaoo

[lunar citrus]

Real

[woven saffron]

Jamming to the music lol

[ember ivy]

wtf is this

[leaden kestrel]

HPLG SHITTYTTTTT

[onyx swallow]

the second track is better tho
the first one was more elevator
this is more cool jazz music

[spring juniper]

There’s legit no other word to describe what just happened

[frozen forge]

Shimmy shimmy yay shimmy ya

[violet cloud]

Ngl i kinda wish we had the TSS music

[onyx swallow]

they're not refueling yet

[violet cloud]

I don't know what to feel about this lol

[onyx swallow]

and now we're into what, a 50s movie with this music

[hexed galleon]

this music is my vibe

yes

i love it so much

[rancid mural]

Dunno what y’all are talking about someone clip a sample

Please

[mighty kite]

https://imgur.com/3QncvdR

[frozen forge]

Mfw the grid fin got stuck

[mighty kite]

a few engines

[hexed galleon]

this music is awesome

listening to it on my drive to rehearsal

[onyx swallow]

so went from elevator
into some good Jazz
into 50s music

[glacial saddle]

booster fucking dies

[onyx swallow]

PROPELLANT TRANSFER DEMO

[rancid gulch]

Ooh

[onyx swallow]

ALSO WHY WAS THAT ACCENT SO BRITISH

[rancid gulch]

lol

[frozen forge]

Did the booster do afts or did it scream into the ocean at mach 0.9

[onyx swallow]

the second

[olive kiln]

It supersoniced into the ocean

[violet cloud]

It hit the water

[elfin path]

they tried spinning, and its a good trick too

[onyx swallow]

if it's anything like F9 after a certain point it's pointed somewhere harmless so they disable the AFTS again

[ember ivy]

Flight 1: watched it in a maths lesson
Flight 2: watched it in my uni accommodation
Flight 3: watched it on a football ⚽ pitch

[onyx swallow]

flight computer something something state?

[elfin path]

transfer complete

[bold reef]

Yes

55M$

[ember ivy]

flight 4 I'll probably end up watching in the middle of a field

[ember ivy]

epic

[onyx swallow]

ok what are the vibes off this

[glacial saddle]

when re enter

[mighty kite]

i want reentry audio

[onyx swallow]

I think around 35-40 we'll get webcast back

[rancid mural]

Flight 1: Watched at home
Flight 2: Watched at home
Flight 3: Watched sitting on a bench outside of a local closed credit union

[twilit spoke]

Flight 1: tuned in right after explosion
Flight 2: at home on couch
Flight 3: at home on couch

[onyx swallow]

https://tenor.com/view/starliner-boeing-starliner-cst-starliner-atlas-v-starliner-atlas-v-gif-17858881

[onyx swallow]

me when I see the starship spinning around in the loss of aquisition window ^^

[spring juniper]

• IFT1 : Maths class
• IFT2 : at home
• IFT3 : maths class

[onyx swallow]

PEZ door still open

DOOR IS CLOSING

HOLD

[frozen forge]

Wait I just realised the spin in the AOS window... Is accurate

[onyx swallow]

ARE WE GOING TO SEE IT

DO THE THING

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COME BACK CAMERA

[frozen forge]

It's actually spinning like that kekw

[onyx swallow]

we are barack?

[spring juniper]

Spinning how

[sterile pilot]

Why is it getting brighter

[mighty kite]

beach rocket

[sterile pilot]

Aren't they closing the door

[onyx swallow]

I think it's tumbling

[mighty kite]

fligth 2

[boreal dagger]

Oh dear

[frozen forge]

Hey this is an awfully dense atmosphere for 235km

[onyx swallow]

door isn't moving yet

[violet cloud]

Probably in a roll for thermal reasons

[lunar citrus]

Hype

[onyx swallow]

ENGINE CHILL STARTED

[mighty kite]

in ksp my capsule ussually stop tumbling during reentry

so

[sick relic]

Raptor chill for in-space burn has started

[violet cloud]

Also imagine the door is stuck lll

[boreal dagger]

AAAAAAA

[onyx swallow]

door isn't moving yet

[frozen forge]

O kurwa

[twilit spoke]

Geez that’s expensive

[lunar citrus]

Yea :(

[mighty kite]

the dor opend more?

[lunar citrus]

They are great quality T-shirts tho

[sterile pilot]

What is that door doing

[violet cloud]

Door be movin

[sick relic]

did the door just fall off

[mighty kite]

doo is wobling

[onyx swallow]

"oops forgot a -" - some SpaceX engineer atm

[twilit spoke]

You can get ULA gear for so cheap compared to SpaceX, but yeah, they are really high quality

[dusty hedge]

https://fixupx.com/spacex/status/1768274089746256076?s=46&t=0Le5vZqjpKqOaLGUTwd_rw

[twilit spoke]

IM-1 moment

[nimble coyote]

waht the door

[onyx swallow]

ok so far between 1,2,3,4 and 5 what's the best song

[rancid mural]

Transfer demo complete

[sterile pilot]

All straight bangers

[lunar citrus]

All of the above

[onyx swallow]

oh it's rolling not tumbling

[mighty kite]

this would be a great live wallpaper

[lunar citrus]

It’s barbecuing

[onyx swallow]

look

you can see the motion

[dusty hedge]

https://fixupx.com/spacex/status/1768274877096788288?s=46&t=0Le5vZqjpKqOaLGUTwd_rw

[rancid mural]

BBQ roll demo?

[mighty kite]

i remember watching sn8

[onyx swallow]

just like the little starship model is rolling around

[mighty kite]

oh starlink views

[elfin path]

feed cuts off when the antenna points at earth

[mighty kite]

lol

[lunar citrus]

Oh wait yea lmfao

[boreal dagger]

💀💀💀💀💀💀

[onyx swallow]

oh that's actually

probably gives them the extra bandwidth

[sterile pilot]

Starlink moment

[olive kiln]

I’m guessing it survives entry but also supersonics the ocean like the booster

[sick relic]

IS THIS A SONG REPEAT??

[twilit spoke]

Larstink

[sick relic]

LMAO IF SO

[onyx swallow]

yeah and now it's gone again

[deep parrot]

just a question, arent the heat tiles supposed to be towards the earth, not away?

[mighty kite]

not necessary yet

[rancid mural]

Yea
It’ll maneuver into that attitude later

[sick relic]

https://youtu.be/VqB1uoDTdKM

[leaden kestrel]

Less than 8 minutes until raptors demo

[olive kiln]

Imagine they get the orientation wrong and just have starship burn up 😭😭😂😂

[rancid mural]

Gotta try to perform the burn first

[leaden kestrel]

Door didn't open?

[twilit spoke]

It opened but might not have closed

[lunar citrus]

It looked a lil messed up ngl

[leaden kestrel]

Oh

[deep parrot]

fuel is looking a little low?#

[sick relic]

fell off the track when closing

[mighty kite]

we needed a closing feature?

[twilit spoke]

Only needs a little

[onyx swallow]

coming back down to 200kph

what was apogree?

[leaden kestrel]

NO FUCKING WAY ACTUALLY??

[bold reef]

altitude drop to 199

[leaden kestrel]

Like 23x something kms

[mighty kite]

the door mechanism look slike one of thes metal kit card model builds

[twilit spoke]

Ok what is it venting, it’s been doing that a while

[snow axle]

literally about to do a MAV

reenter with the top down

[lunar citrus]

Me trying to close my shitty dishwasher rack

[mighty kite]

real

[bold reef]

what gas is used for RCS i forgot

[deep parrot]

its been venting nearly since hotstage

[twilit spoke]

Yeah but what is it

[deep parrot]

no clue

[lunar citrus]

It’s vaping

[deep parrot]

rcs maybe?

[mighty kite]

re railing a full dishwasher rack

[olive kiln]

Starship is down with the kids.

[mighty kite]

true

[onyx swallow]

could be either venting some of the prop from the transfer
could be RCS for starting to stabalize
or normal light interplay of stuff
not crazy that we see a kinda gassy effect

[leaden kestrel]

Wait so I'm confused did the door actually fall off?

[olive kiln]

What flavour vape Is starship into though hmm??

[sick relic]

GOX and GCH4, it's just straight ullage from the tanks

[ember ivy]

also wtf happened to the booster btw

[onyx swallow]

AOS somewhere

[mighty kite]

idk we cant rewind the stream cuz x...

[bold reef]

thanks

[keen tree]

It sort of "popped"https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1768275015802478995

Scott Manley (@DJSnM) on X

The space shuttle had problems with its payload bay doors too

Twitter · Mar 14, 2024, 1:56 PM

[violet cloud]

Mach 1d into the water

[leaden kestrel]

Looks like it crashed

[olive kiln]

It hit the ocean at supersonic speeds

[violet cloud]

Only 2 engines lit

[glacial saddle]

the what

[onyx swallow]

should be fine for re-entry I guess

[keen tree]

The payload door

[ember ivy]

rest in speed B10

[rancid mural]

Smacked the Gulf of Mexico at Mach 0.9

[ember ivy]

was BBB successful?

[keen tree]

Rest in pieces

[keen tree]

Yes, fully

[rancid mural]

Yeah

[violet cloud]

Appeared to be

[ember ivy]

let's go

[onyx swallow]

WE ARE BARACK

[ember ivy]

what about that ship entry burn thing?

[rancid mural]

Just the last burn that crapped out

[elfin path]

wiggle wigly booster

[mighty kite]

we are barock

[sick relic]

ISB in like 2 min

[onyx swallow]

see between t+35 and t+40 minutes

[lunar citrus]

She back

[rancid mural]

Also the booster started to spin a bit on the way down

[olive kiln]

It looks like one of the grid fins failed on the booster so it lost control a little bit.

[mighty kite]

https://imgur.com/3QncvdR

[sick relic]

0.9

[mighty kite]

yeah a bit eobly

[sick relic]

[twilit spoke]

Welcome Barack

[onyx swallow]

so this was footage from starlink
makes sense that with the 1 antenna it doesn't have pick ups when that is pointed at the ground

[olive kiln]

Super duper fast then

[violet cloud]

Huh they just said they met the objective of closing the bay?

[onyx swallow]

is that the sea in the last frame? surely not

[onyx swallow]

just doing the test I guess

update on social about it

but well here comes the relight

[mighty kite]

kind alook slike it

[onyx swallow]

t-40-50 seconds from relight

if it goes through

[mighty kite]

man is in the gihbay

[sick relic]

burn is raising perigee

tf

[onyx swallow]

and under 160km

[lunar citrus]

I feel like Dan is a last minute substitute for John, maybe he’s sick or smth

[violet cloud]

Yeah

[twilit spoke]

Yeah makes sense

[sick relic]

uhhh well

[onyx swallow]

as much as I like John

Dan is good and cool to have active people talking about it from like location

150km

[keen tree]

Flight 3 SpaceX patch: https://twitter.com/ticklestuffyo/status/1768277415480955004

Tickle Stuff (@ticklestuffyo) on X

The @SpaceX mission patch for the IFT-3 launch has been released.

https://t.co/2FXm4M5x0h

Twitter · Mar 14, 2024, 2:06 PM

[sick relic]

velocity starting to tick up

no burn

NOOOOOOOOO

[lunar citrus]

Yea I already ordered it

[onyx swallow]

we are kipping rlight relight demo

[surreal siren]

aww :(

[onyx swallow]

now re-entry

[lunar citrus]

[onyx swallow]

let's see

[potent lark]

https://vxtwitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1768270417825800401?

[onyx swallow]

t+49 for re-entry

[lunar citrus]

It’d be cool to have cam views of reentry but I doubt it

[violet cloud]

Well since they haven't demod in space relight so probably not tbh

[potent lark]

https://shop.spacex.com/collections/trending/products/starship-flight-3-mission-patch

[onyx swallow]

OOOH

[lunar citrus]

Yes I already ordered it

[onyx swallow]

It's going now

[violet cloud]

Orienting for entry it apoears

[mighty kite]

is spin

no burn?

[onyx swallow]

nope

confirmed no relight test

[twilit spoke]

Alright that’s awesome

[sick relic]

fucking bullseye lmfaoo

[scenic swallow]

I think they've had loss of attitude control since SECO. The spin they are in is not a BBQ roll and that would explain the flight computer safing the engines. It won't burn without full attitude control

[mighty kite]

ooo its low

[twilit spoke]

On the money with that one

[lunar citrus]

That view is amazing

[onyx swallow]

relight was not a core
it was just a test

[mighty kite]

iamgine we get video

[onyx swallow]

would hae barely any impact on trajectory

[dusty hedge]

I wonder how FAA feels about this

[hexed galleon]

it didn’t do the thing :/

[onyx swallow]

those clouds holy

[mighty kite]

uhh

[hexed galleon]

it’s still on a safe trajectory so probably don’t care

[lunar citrus]

Uhhhhhhh

[sick relic]

FINS

[glacial olive]

AOS mauritius

[olive kiln]

I think they may have lost it?

[onyx swallow]

FLAPS ARE FLAPPING

[mighty kite]

its backwards

[coarse geyser]

Oh boy

[wild frost]

I, back did I miss relight?

[hexed galleon]

no it’s alive

[wild frost]

holy flappy

[dusty hedge]

Perfect then

[violet cloud]

Are those tiles lol

[twilit spoke]

No relight it was skipped

[olive kiln]

Ah good.

[hexed galleon]

it didn’t occur

[wild frost]

rip

[hexed galleon]

it’s spinnin

[twilit spoke]

WOWEEEWWEEEWW

[elfin path]

ohh whats with the debris

[lunar citrus]

Is it supposed to be doin this

[mighty kite]

flap cam

[wild frost]

falppy

[onyx swallow]

RE-ORIENTATION COMPLETE

[olive kiln]

What is falling off it

[mighty kite]

wo

its

its

[wild frost]

flap cam

[sterile pilot]

ice

[mighty kite]

uhhh

[twilit spoke]

WHATS FALLING AWAY

[violet cloud]

Why are we still spinning lol

[onyx swallow]

Oh it's spinning

[hexed galleon]

that reaction to the tiles

[mighty kite]

why spin

[violet cloud]

YOURE 106KM UP PLEASE STOP SPINNING LOL

[wild frost]

flap cam flap cam

[mighty kite]

ksp

[onyx swallow]

coming up to the karma line

[wild frost]

STOP SPINNING

[twilit spoke]

Here we GOOOO

[rancid mural]

I’m not sure they have full control here
Also tile bits

[onyx swallow]

PLEASE STOP SPINNING NOW

[violet cloud]

Plasma

[mighty kite]

yeah uhh

[wild frost]

HEAT

[wild frost]

OH MY GOD

[sterile pilot]

Holy fuck how is this cam still transmitting

[twilit spoke]

WRONG WAY

[sick relic]

OMG THE PLASMA

[elfin path]

fucking hell

[wild frost]

HOYLS HIUTY

AEotawhrg'paetrhg

[mighty kite]

video???
whaat

[wild frost]

wretgh

[bold reef]

holy fuck

[unique mortar]

Literal KSP reentry

[mighty kite]

woahhhh

[wild frost]

VIDEO?????

[olive kiln]

MY DAYS

[wild frost]

WTF??????

[onyx swallow]

PLEASE STOP SPINNING

[bold reef]

omg

[wild frost]

WE GOT PLASMA CAM

[dusty hedge]

What’s this

[mighty kite]

something wrong

[hexed galleon]

it’s definitely over then

[dusty hedge]

Entry?

[wild frost]

UH OH

[sterile pilot]

This transmission is goated

[wild frost]

PLASMA CMA

[sterile pilot]

How tf do they still have signal

[hexed galleon]

lmao why is it spinning

[olive kiln]

WHAT IS THIS

[wild frost]

STARLINK HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS?????

[mighty kite]

thats craxzy

[boreal dagger]

The power of starlink

[sterile pilot]

Literal pink screen

[hexed galleon]

wait i think it’s reorienting

[wild frost]

holy shit

[dusty hedge]

She stable noe

[dusty hedge]

This is wild

[hexed galleon]

how do we have no tem but we have cam

[wild frost]

THIS IS INSANE

[mighty kite]

NO WAY WE HAVE

[hexed galleon]

are they gonna do it

[mighty kite]

thats is so cool

[rancid gulch]

I can’t believe this

[onyx swallow]

STARLINK IS MAGIC

[unique mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/how-are-you-not-dead-how-are-you-alive-still-alive-not-dead-how-gif-15599937

[mighty kite]

ive

[quaint cargo]

HOOOOOOLY SHIZ

[dusty hedge]

This is so abused

[sick relic]

this is bar none the BEST onboard footage of any launch EVER

[dusty hedge]

Absurd

[wild frost]

holy shit are they gonna do it?

[mighty kite]

definately

[sterile pilot]

This is absolutely insane

[wild frost]

PLASMA CAM

[mighty kite]

oh

[olive kiln]

What the hell is going on this is amazing

[mighty kite]

gone

[violet cloud]

How have they not died lol

[snow axle]

INDIAN OCEAN OR BUST

[hexed galleon]

this is absolutely insane

[onyx swallow]

almost looks like the camera got fried

[wild frost]

uh oh

oh

[onyx swallow]

WAIT IT WAS BACK FOR A BIT

[mighty kite]

supriscamera is abit burned

[dusty hedge]

This is so insane

[hexed galleon]

indian ocean and bust* good lord

[wild frost]

whait

[dusty hedge]

It’s still alive

[wild frost]

HOW?????

[onyx swallow]

we are getting telemetry tho

[dusty hedge]

Holy

[hexed galleon]

this is insane

[wraith igloo]

It lives?

[onyx swallow]

69 kilometers

[glacial saddle]

WHAT A CHAMP

[deep parrot]

the little ship that could

[mighty kite]

TIIICBWGTSTIOLT

[wraith igloo]

Oh god

[glacial saddle]

IT IS OVER

[dusty hedge]

Maybe a camera on the top will work

[elfin path]

camera burned to crips i guess

[wraith igloo]

Telemetry thank god

[mighty kite]

joever

[wild frost]

NOOO PLEAESE

[glacial saddle]

OH???

[sick relic]

views gone still telemetry

[glacial saddle]

WHAT

[hexed galleon]

we still alive

[wild frost]

we still got telem

[boreal dagger]

Tf with the tilt meter

[sick relic]

oh telem gone

[olive kiln]

They’ve definitely lost control

[sterile pilot]

Telemetry frozen

[mighty kite]

teleetry gone

[hexed galleon]

we haven’t lost much velocity

[boreal dagger]

Speed is dropping ke though

[wild frost]

aw

[onyx swallow]

oh oh

telemetry ded?

[wild frost]

cmon please

[boreal dagger]

Aup nvm

[unique mortar]

So it ded?

[hexed galleon]

not necessarily

[wild frost]

prob

[sick relic]

probably joever but not guaranteed

[hexed galleon]

comm blackout

[sick relic]

OH??

got a glimse of telemetry

[wraith igloo]

Commentators distracting us

[twilit spoke]

It’s joever

[onyx swallow]

seems it's in full comm blackout

[sick relic]

still alive??

[wild frost]

telem pop

[hexed galleon]

with you on this

[wild frost]

god that plasma cam though

[hexed galleon]

i don’t think it’s over

[wild frost]

insane

[sterile pilot]

Agree

[onyx swallow]

ok anyting below 65km
25707 kph

[mighty kite]

can have hope

[elfin path]

its not joever

[hexed galleon]

i don’t think it’s doing well but💀

[nimble stratus]

It’s so joever

[rancid mural]

Here we go

[deep parrot]

that stainless steel is strong

[elfin path]

how long will the comm blackout last

[rancid mural]

APOLLO 13 or Mars Polar Lander TAKE YOUR PICK LADIES AND GENTS

[hexed galleon]

oh that’s not

let’s not joke about columbia

[wild frost]

[glacial saddle]

too far

[rancid mural]

(sorry.)

[glacial saddle]

is there hope???

[onyx swallow]

still no update

[dusty hedge]

Gotta be dead

[elfin path]

what about kairos?

[glacial saddle]

dead

[hexed galleon]

kairos is dead

[twilit spoke]

It’s gone

[wild frost]

its gotta be

[elfin path]

is it too soon

[glacial saddle]

5 seconds

[onyx swallow]

remember that the comms blackout on Dragon is how many minutes?

[lunar citrus]

https://tenor.com/view/joe-hawley-joe-hawley-its-joever-joever-gif-18282355701517291166

[hexed galleon]

really? it’s not that far into blackout

[sudden creek]

it’s not joever until it’s bidone

[hexed galleon]

tracking footage when

[dusty hedge]

I hope it isn’t just low hope

[rancid mural]

Three mins maybe?

[onyx swallow]

do they even have cams?

[rancid mural]

Not sure

[dusty hedge]

I got a meeting in 13 minutes damn it

[boreal dagger]

Wait do they have ships near the landing zone

[hexed galleon]

i’d hope so

[hexed galleon]

it will be over by then

[dusty hedge]

They weren’t planning on this location

[leaden kestrel]

Im not surprised if it loses telemetry because of reentry, it's expected, what I also won't be surprised is if it doesn't come back and they lose it

[onyx swallow]

ok t+ 1 hour and 3.5 minutes for the subsonic final place

[rancid mural]

Roughly five minutes iirc??

[hexed galleon]

wdym

[sterile pilot]

4 min since telem was gone

[onyx swallow]

it's going to get into the final subsonic phase of descent at t+1 hour 3 minutes roughly

[olive kiln]

It’s fine if they lose it. This was a crazy success today.

[onyx swallow]

so it's like 10 minutes out from subsonic

[rancid mural]

If the telemetry doesn’t return in another two mins or so then it’s more than likely gone

[onyx swallow]

currently in semi-expected black-out

[wild frost]

yes def a success

[onyx swallow]

Dan is still sounding quite optimistic tbh

and sounding like it could take some time

[wild frost]

ok but that plasma cam was insane

[dusty hedge]

I guess they must hope it’s ok cuz they haven’t cut

[mighty kite]

plasma cam is best part

[glacial saddle]

that shit was an actual champ

[nimble coyote]

woah woah woah

[rancid mural]

No reason not to be tbh everything looks good

[onyx swallow]

one thing I am a bit concerned about is how much it still seemed to be spinning but IDK

[wild frost]

plasma cam was peak as fuck

[olive kiln]

Think they go for a soft splashdown in flight 4?

[nimble coyote]

https://tenor.com/view/starship-its-uncanny-how-easy-it-is-gif-1930532251748134250

[lunar citrus]

Media: spacex FAILS reentry, starship is OVER and elon is a FAILURE

[storm mango]

Lmao

[wild frost]

new wallpaper if they got a good image of it

[violet cloud]

ANIMATION JUMPSCARE

[potent rapids]

what happened with the ship

[boreal dagger]

Reentering

[onyx swallow]

yeah I think flight 4 is fixed for booster, PEZ, and trying to do landing burn

[rancid mural]

Currently reentering

[wild frost]

#1214791464911896577 message

[boreal dagger]

Plasma sheath time

[rancid mural]

Waiting to see if it survived

[onyx swallow]

currently in comms blackout

[olive kiln]

Booster is ded
Ship tbc

[violet cloud]

It uh entered in what appeared to be a bit of a tumble but unsure

[rancid mural]

Apollo 13 moment fr fr

[potent rapids]

not watching rn

[onyx swallow]

we had insane views of plasma

[wild frost]

hey booster still did perfect

[sick relic]

loss of ACS, was tumbling a bit, got some beautiful views of plasma on reentry before cams and telemetry died at 25707km/h and 65km

[dusty hedge]

What a view

[wild frost]

god this was awesome

[olive kiln]

W.

[onyx swallow]

https://fxtwitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768279990368612354?s=20

[dusty hedge]

Yup

[potent rapids]

thank you miranda goated as always

[dusty hedge]

All of it

[rancid gulch]

I didn’t even know it was possible to get live video like that on entry

[wild frost]

annnnd its def gone

[lunar citrus]

I feel like it should’ve reentered by now…

[hexed galleon]

starlink slays

[potent rapids]

it is just not through peak reentry

[glacial saddle]

yeah there’s no way it is alive

[wild frost]

rip ship

[onyx swallow]

nope t+63 minutes for it to hit sub-sonics

[hexed galleon]

nah we still have a good bit left of time

i’m on the copium

[olive kiln]

God speed ship28

[lunar citrus]

oh

[mighty kite]

its back

[onyx swallow]

comms blackout can take a long while

[rancid gulch]

lol

[proven hill]

So, did it oblitirate the launch site? I was working, didn't watch

[deep parrot]

steel survived a good amount of plasma there

[nimble stratus]

Yooo it lives everyone

[storm mango]

Im not convinced it's lost but I doubt it's survived

[lunar citrus]

Why use heat shield tiles when you can just steel

[onyx swallow]

also it goes to terminal velocity and wouldn't be surprised of terminal velocity of a big ass starship is lower than a quite aerodynamic capsule
lower terminal velocity = longer time in comms blackout

[onyx swallow]

best heatshield is no heatshield

[rancid mural]

Something something Stoke

[mighty kite]

sweaty starhsip

[nimble stratus]

next mission is going to be suborbital again right?

[violet cloud]

I think its joever

[violet cloud]

They didn't demo relight so almost certainly

[spring juniper]

Next mission is Artemis III

[night imp]

Gotta be joever

[mighty kite]

imactually gonn ajump if it survuved

[sick relic]

"incredible views of that entry period"

[glacial saddle]

i will literally burst

[mighty kite]

out o fmy chair

[sick relic]

not again

[dusty hedge]

Next flight probably much sooner

[rancid mural]

Idk if it’s alive
Should be back by now I think

[boreal dagger]

Next mission is starlink

[deep parrot]

almost certainly

[twilit spoke]

Nah it’s dead

[onyx swallow]

still likely in blackout
coming to the tail off it

[swift prism]

Let’s go

[onyx swallow]

t+1 hour from liftoff

[snow axle]

GG S28

[rancid mural]

I won’t make conclusions until people tweet about debris

[mighty kite]

if the telematry blips that would be crazy

[elfin path]

when will ift 4 happen

[onyx swallow]

t-3.5 minutes from subsonic

[deep parrot]

3minutes more

[elfin path]

like next motnh?

[snow axle]

tipping point secured

[hexed galleon]

that spin was crazy

dearmoon tomorrow guys

[hexed galleon]

in the next 3 tbh

if it’s alive now i think it’ll be alive then

[lunar citrus]

Yea honestly it should be easy to see a reentry breakup

[rancid mural]

Agreed

[sick relic]

ship RUD confirmed

[boreal dagger]

NOO

[onyx swallow]

WAIT MY FEED CUT OFF WHEN DAN STARTED TALKING

[snow axle]

joever

[proven hill]

It's ded for sure

[onyx swallow]

but probably yeah RUD

[swift prism]

Wait so super heavy just crashed right?

[proven hill]

Damn I was slow

[mighty kite]

definate;y

[violet cloud]

They lost telemetry and starlink at the same time

[lunar citrus]

Ye

[dusty hedge]

She gone

[violet cloud]

Likely ship was lost

[hexed galleon]

super heavy crashed a long time ago

[snow axle]

hit the gulf at terminal velocity

[swift prism]

Oh damn

[onyx swallow]

still think it was spinning way to much to re-enter properly

[sterile pilot]

So that could mean that in the future we could get flap cams of re-entry for even longer than this time

[deep parrot]

Next Week (Elon Time (tm))

[swift prism]

I don’t think it was meant to do that tho

[sterile pilot]

Since it sounds like this cutout might not have been bc of plasma

[swift prism]

Like I assumed they wouldn’t land the super heavy

[atomic ice]

Woah woah woah

[swift prism]

But I saw them try

[atomic ice]

When did they get the license

Like wth

[keen tree]

Yesterday

[rancid mural]

IFT-4 prlly gonna be Late April/ Early May

[atomic ice]

Oh

[hexed galleon]

LMAO

[storm mango]

Yeah it being perfectly synced

[hexed galleon]

well

idk

[deep parrot]

early today (UTC)

[atomic ice]

Oh

[lunar citrus]

Schrödinger starship

[rancid mural]

I’m being optimistic
But still

[onyx swallow]

ok so they lost starlink and tracking sat contact at the same time which points to a RUD and not a LOS

[hexed galleon]

the breakup might not be condusive

[atomic ice]

Yeah I'm edt

[wild frost]

PLEASE be on my birthday

[sharp apex]

https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1768282714850156899

Scott Manley (@DJSnM) on X

There's a type of plasma blackout where the free electrons in the plasma block radio waves.
I think starship is experiencing the second type of plasma blackout where bits of its antennae became plasma.

Twitter · Mar 14, 2024, 2:27 PM

[storm mango]

Lmfao

[rancid mural]

Bruh

[mighty kite]

!!!

[deep parrot]

if alive then subsonic

[onyx swallow]

yeah we are at t+63.5 now

and nothing yet

[sterile pilot]

Alright at this point we would be at subsonic

It's joever

[dusty hedge]

It’s gone for sure

[hexed galleon]

https://x.com/IceyJones1974/status/1768281632824242368?s=20

IceyJones (@IceyJones1974) on X

@DJSnM it clearly did NOT work. it tumbled all the way down until it did a RUD mid air. did not understand the cheering of the ppl tbh. shocking that so many enthusiasts don't even understand the basics......

Twitter · Mar 14, 2024, 2:22 PM

💀💀💀💀

[storm mango]

Yeah it's lost

[hexed galleon]

or skipped off the atmosphere

[wild frost]

what a clown

[olive kiln]

RIP S28

[mighty kite]

tkae away this persons internet privelges

[rancid mural]

IFT-3 was a X-15 flight all along

[hexed galleon]

can’t wait to be asked if everyone on it was okay

[potent rapids]

ship ded?

[mighty kite]

real

[rancid mural]

More than likely now yeah

[potent rapids]

SO TRUE

[boreal dagger]

Already got asked twice 👍

[wild frost]

same here

[hexed galleon]

what was up with the spin