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Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT)

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80 points grecy | 12 comments | 19 Nov 24 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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marviel ◴[19 Nov 24 22:06 UTC] No.42188615[source]▶
unfortunately they had to scrap the booster Catch, due to undisclosed factors.
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1. Ancalagon ◴[19 Nov 24 22:12 UTC] No.42188662[source]▶
did they land it on the barge instead?
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2. teractiveodular ◴[19 Nov 24 22:13 UTC] No.42188667[source]▶
No, it was a water splashdown. Looked silky smooth though, they likely could have caught it again had they tried.
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3. oezi ◴[19 Nov 24 22:13 UTC] No.42188668[source]▶
Water splashdown.
4. pieix ◴[19 Nov 24 22:14 UTC] No.42188674[source]▶
No landing legs on Starship or its booster! Tower catch or bust.
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5. perihelions ◴[19 Nov 24 22:14 UTC] No.42188679[source]▶
It did a controlled landing on the Gulf of Mexico, exploded, and now it's floating!

Hasn't sunk yet; haven't seen any official comments yet about this novel situation.

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6. Ancalagon ◴[19 Nov 24 22:15 UTC] No.42188682[source]▶
oh duh, thanks
7. nycdotnet ◴[19 Nov 24 22:15 UTC] No.42188684[source]▶
no barge for super heavy- the point of the catch is to save weight on the massive legs that would be required. It “soft landed” in the Gulf a few miles off shore, meaning they did a burn and it entered the water not in freefall (though it still looked faster than I expected).
8. xnx ◴[19 Nov 24 22:15 UTC] No.42188688[source]▶
Water splashdown did look very smooth. I seemed like they cut the video before it exploded (I assume), but hopefully there's some third-party footage or SpaceX will release it later.

Update: Looks like Spaceflight Now has the explosion at https://www.youtube.com/live/dtmvbQDou4I at about 90 minutes in

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9. perihelions ◴[19 Nov 24 22:30 UTC] No.42188790{3}[source]▶
There's a better camera here which shows the aftermath,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjDFirLcQDM (Everyday Astronaut)

Landing is at about T+06:42.

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10. oliwary ◴[19 Nov 24 23:03 UTC] No.42189009[source]▶
If I remember correctly last time this happened they shot missiles at a booster from a jet
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11. perihelions ◴[19 Nov 24 23:22 UTC] No.42189143{3}[source]▶
Oh, you're right: this did also happen back in 2018, with a Falcon booster (GovSat-1 launch). I don't think the part about the missiles was accurate though.

https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/7w4pag/americaspace... ("Air Force Didn’t Take Out SpaceX’s GovSat Booster, Private Company Did (UPDATED WITH CORRECTION)")

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16332582 (ibid.)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16279316 ("SpaceX Rocket Survives Experimental High-Thrust Landing at Sea")

12. maxerickson ◴[20 Nov 24 00:45 UTC] No.42189691{4}[source]▶
Boom is here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/DjDFirLcQDM?feature=shared&t=11...

This is a bit before that:

https://www.youtube.com/live/DjDFirLcQDM?feature=shared&t=11...