News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

[Urwumpe]

1:15 am in Germany... too late for me this night.

 

[GLS]

Official live stream

https://twitter.com/x/status/1972798064403357887

Live stream of Everyday Astronaut

 

[Thunder Chicken]

 

[Urwumpe]

Still awake... But not for long.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

So no booster catch this flight, similar Starship re-entry into Indian Ocean as before? Hopefully without as much stainless steel phase change?

 

[Urwumpe]

So no booster catch this flight, similar Starship re-entry into Indian Ocean as before? Hopefully without as much stainless steel phase change?

yes, pretty much a repetition of the previous flight.

 

[GLS]

T-5 minutes!

 

[GLS]

T-2 minutes!

 

[GLS]

T0, liftoff!!!

 

[GLS]

Shutdown, sep, and ignition!

 

[Urwumpe]

I hope the crested caracara is well.

 

[GLS]

The (now) usual venting/burning is visible around the engines in the Starship...

 

[Urwumpe]

The (now) usual venting/burning is visible around the engines in the Starship...

Could also be recirculation into the engine bay.

 

[GLS]

Booster "landing"!

 

[Urwumpe]

They could force a submarine to the surface with that "depth charge".

 

[GLS]

Starship shutdown!

 

[Urwumpe]

Seems to tumble slowly

 

[GLS]

Oven door open! Pizza delivery about to start!

 

[GLS]

Deployment complete and door closed!

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Plasma coming up.