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GODSPEED STARSHIP edition

Test window opens 8:28 a.m. CT (1328 UTC) and closes at 9:30 a.m. CT. 62 minute launch window.
SpaceX OFFICIAL stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI

Mission: Starship Super Heavy ‘Flight Test’
Launch site: Starbase, Texas
Launch pad: Orbital Launch Mount ‘A’ (OLM-A)
Launch vehicle: Starship “Ship 24” and Super Heavy “Booster 7”
Super Heavy fate: Destroyed; powered vertical water landing into the Gulf of Mexico (T+8 minutes)
Starship fate: Destroyed; horizontal unpowered water landing off the coast of Hawaii (T+90 minutes)
Success criteria: Launch pad is NOT blown up. The rocket CLEARS THE TOWER.

>https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-test
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex

Current area weather: https://www.weather.gov/bro/
NOTAM: https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_3446.html
Launch License: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/licenses_permits/media/License%20and%20Orders%20SpaceX%20LRLO%2020-119%20Starship%20Prototype%202022-05-27.pdf
Launch trajectory info: https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-starship-inaugural-launch-is-near.html
>If you are in Hawaii - you will likely be able to see the reentry fireball.

This is the FIRST launch of Starship Super Heavy. This rocket will be the LARGEST, HEAVIEST and MOST POWERFUL ever launched, with 74,500,000N of thrust. It is 9 meters wide, stands 120 meters tall, and weighs 5000 tons fully fueled.

Additional streams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAl3gVvMNNM (EDA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uouujjgkR3A (NSF)

3 long years of waiting edition

Test window opens 8:00 AM CT (1300 UTC); 90-minute testing window
SpaceX OFFICIAL stream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5QXreqOrTA

Mission: Starship Super Heavy ‘Flight Test’
Launch site: Starbase, Texas
Launch pad: Orbital Launch Mount ‘A’ (OLM-A)
Launch vehicle: Starship “Ship 24” and Super Heavy “Booster 7”
Super Heavy fate: Destroyed; powered vertical water landing into the Gulf of Mexico (T+8 minutes)
Starship fate: Destroyed; horizontal unpowered water landing off the coast of Hawaii (T+90 minutes)
Success criteria: Launch pad is NOT blown up. The rocket CLEARS THE TOWER.

>https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-test
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex

Current area weather: https://www.weather.gov/bro/
NOTAM: https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_3_1793.html
Launch License: https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/licenses_permits/media/License%20and%20Orders%20SpaceX%20LRLO%2020-119%20Starship%20Prototype%202022-05-27.pdf
Launch trajectory info: https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-starship-inaugural-launch-is-near.html
>If you are in Hawaii - you will likely be able to see the reentry fireball.

This is the FIRST launch of Starship Super Heavy. This rocket will be the LARGEST, HEAVIEST and MOST POWERFUL ever launched, with 74,500,000N of thrust. It is 9 meters wide, stands 120 meters tall, and weighs 5000 tons fully fueled.

Additional streams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vb9hFqF6i0 (EDA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN57x2a_waw (NSF)

So why doesnt starship have a logo yet? even F1 had one years before it ever launched