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ALL YOUR STARBASE, TEXAS ARE BELONG TO US edition

Livestreams:
SpaceX Official Stream: will be posted when available (https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/index.html))
NSF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOQkk3ojNfM
EDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jWbqhP5eJI
LabPadre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTA0GTgFn5E
Spadre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_xQWElgWvU

Launch window: March 3rd, 1400-0030 UTC (9:00 AM-6:00PM CST)
>sources indicate the launch attempt will be early in the window—possibly 9:54 AM local.
Backup TFR's are in place for Thursday and Friday.

Launch vehicle: SpaceX Starship Serial Number 10 (SN10) with 3 Raptor engines
Launch pad: Starship Launch Site, Boca Chica / Starbase, Texas
Landing pad: Starship Landing Pad, Boca Chica. / Starbase, Texas
Hop parameters: Max altitude will be ~10 km. A horizontal 'flop' following apogee will occur. Right before landing, the vehicle will perform a powered flip to return upright. Engines are expected to be turned off gradually on ascent.

Road Closures: https://www.cameroncounty.us/spacex/
TFR: https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_8657.html
Thursday TFR: https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_9110.html
Friday TFR: https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_9111.html

SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
Elon Musk twitter: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/

This is the first flight of SN10, and the third flight of a multi-Raptor Starship prototype.