Full Replay: SpaceX Launches Second Starship Flight Test

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Published 2023-11-18

SpaceX is targeting Saturday for the second flight of Starship. The company has received regulatory approval for the flight. The flight will feature the newly added hot staging ring, allowing the Ship to separate from the Booster while the Booster engines are still firing. The stack features multiple upgrades compared to the first flight, including 63 upgrades SpaceX submitted to the FAA to mitigate issues from the first flight. Ahead of the launch, SpaceX will close the road, evacuate the village and surrounding area, and clear the potential blast radius.

Booster 9 will attempt a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, while Ship 25 will attempt to fly around the earth before performing a reentry and hard splashdown in the Hawaiian area.

Window Opens: November 18th at 7AM CST (13:00 UTC)
Window Closes: November 18th at 7:20AM CST (13:20 UTC)

Mission: Starship's second fully integrated test flight
Vehicles: Booster 9 and Ship 25
Recovery: No recovery. Booster will attempt soft splashdown, Ship will not and instead will impact the ocean
Stats:
· SpaceX's 85th launch of the year and the 6th launch of the month
· SpaceX's 2nd space launch from Starbase
· Starship will, once again, become the largest, most massive, and most powerful rocket every created breaking its own record.

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SpaceX's launch page: www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starshi…
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NSF Launch Article: www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/11/ift-2-launch/

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All Comments (21)

@NASASpaceflight 21 days ago

Launch Highlights Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3F8aTBLLx0

Thanks to all who were watching the livestream. Peaked at 260,000 viewing at the same time!
@COME_TO_GET_ME2 14 days ago

Hopefully, the next launch will take place within the next 3 months. January will be amazing!
@COME_TO_GET_ME2 14 days ago

Excellent coverage guys, another one for the history books
@alexb-b7971 21 days ago

Lift Off - 8:56:02
Stage Sep - 8:58:49
Booster RUD - 8:59:24
Ship RUD - 9:04:18
@jeroenk3570 21 days ago

That booster explosion looked magnificent, it looked like a super nova nebula. Thank you SpaceX and NSF, well done.
@stevengaming3689 21 days ago

Thank you, NASASpaceflight for making amazing content for us, and the whole spaceflight community!
@ch1llspace 21 days ago

Booster phase of flight was flawless. I'm highly confident that IFT-3 will reach reentry.
@rizqanart 21 days ago

Booster 9 sacrifice for Ship 25 to get into orbit will not be forgotten. Congrats for the epic launch SpaceX 🎉
@CromoPaleoShow 7 days ago

That shot with the boats in the foreground shows you just how unbelievably massive this thing is
@aldunlop4622 21 days ago

Watched it live last night just wanted to comment on this video my HUGE thanks to NSF and anyone else involved. The amount of passion, love and effort you guys put it is very uplifting. To Mars!
@SkrockMusicOfficial 21 days ago

This is insane I hade to meet an old friend today and it was at the exact time with the launch. So thanks guys, I went back to your stream and just had to see it with no spoilers full on, absolutely amazing. Yeah and my friend was well so I'm so happy!
@corycrandell2682 21 days ago

Absolutely spectacular launch and flight! Great success. 25 almost made it to orbit!
@4RILDIGITAL 14 days ago

Wow, this is thoroughly exciting! I'm thrilled to take part in the witnessing of this phenomenal moment in history - the second flight of Starship. The hard work, diligence, technicality, and dynamic nature of all the team involved in this endeavor are applaudable. I stand in awe of the technical feats and leaps into the future through space exploration – truly, we rise together beyond the moon and even further. Let's do this, together, as we're ushered into an unprecedented era of space exploration!
@Deflower-me-tap 14 days ago

With two RUD's it's important to test next rocket ASAP and test the heat shield the FAA should issue an ongoing experimental licence based on the rocket control SpaceX showed here but the government (FAA) may get involved and the next licence may be six months to a year.
@RsoyFolak 14 days ago

I've been watching Space X flights for a long time, and this one really impressed me.
@caucasiansensation147 14 days ago

9:02:21 Beautiful stream by the NSF team! I wouldn't have changed a single thing about the setup, production and overall commentary and expertise made this launch the best it could be for all of us remote viewers. Thank you guys! 😊❤❤❤
@clicks_by_mirza 14 days ago

Huge Congratulations to SpaceX & entire team for achieving the milestone. ❤
Go SpaceX - - Go Starship 🚀✈. Conquer the Moon 🎑 - Mars & beyond.
@franciscozavala2933 21 days ago

Totally awesome great improvements engines running smooth separation of second stage maybe a little trouble but it looked awesome and worked. Mars seems closer every time congratulations to all SpaceX and everyone involved in this magnificent achievements and hard work to achieve perfection and human evolution. 👍👍👍👍
@cavaliers60 14 days ago

Good lord that was amazing!!! That launch couldn’t have been better! Engines looked great! Separation looked flawless! Can’t wait to see them catch it next time! We are witnessing history here!
@MrDoyley35 21 days ago

The scale is just hard to comprehend. It’s essentially a small skyscraper launched into space. Just unbelievable!!