Author Topic: Starship Flight 9 UPDATES : Starbase TX : 27 May 2025 (23:36 UTC) (Read 48573 times)

Ke8ort · « **Reply #60 on:** 05/27/2025 11:54 pm »

Payload door should open momentarily

Navier–Stokes · « **Reply #61 on:** 05/27/2025 11:55 pm »

Payload door failed to fully open.

Ke8ort · « **Reply #62 on:** 05/27/2025 11:55 pm »

Payload door did not open all the way, the door will be closed back up. The dummy starlinks will not be deployed

Ke8ort · « **Reply #63 on:** 05/28/2025 12:07 am »

Fuel tank leaking causing attitude issues. Attitude control is lost

Ke8ort · « **Reply #64 on:** 05/28/2025 12:08 am »

Reentry is still go, but this is gonna be a flight 3 situation, loss of ship is expected during reentry

Ke8ort · « **Reply #65 on:** 05/28/2025 12:09 am »

Engine relight will not occur due to attitude control issues.

Ke8ort · « **Reply #66 on:** 05/28/2025 12:18 am »

Flaps have been moved into reentry position but the ship looks to be spinning very rapidly. First signs of reentry are expected in a few minutes. Loss of vehicle is also expected after a few minutes of reentry.

Ke8ort · « **Reply #67 on:** 05/28/2025 12:19 am »

Reentry plasma

Ke8ort · « **Reply #68 on:** 05/28/2025 12:20 am »

Looks like it's burning up pretty good. SpaceX has passivated the vehicle and dumped remaining prop.

Ke8ort · « **Reply #69 on:** 05/28/2025 12:21 am »

Data still coming through, teams should be able to recover some reentry data.

Some cameras lost already, but data is still being broadcast

Ke8ort · « **Reply #70 on:** 05/28/2025 12:27 am »

Confirmation of ship loss

StraumliBlight · « **Reply #71 on:** 05/28/2025 12:28 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1927509601001341037

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Liftoff of Starship!

catdlr · « **Reply #72 on:** 05/28/2025 04:33 am »

Launch and Booster landing Highlight video:

catdlr · « **Reply #73 on:** 05/28/2025 04:34 am »

Starship attempted reentry highlight video:

catdlr · « **Reply #74 on:** 05/28/2025 04:35 am »

Full Rebroadcast of entire mission in 4K:

catdlr · « **Reply #75 on:** 05/28/2025 04:38 am »

A rare post from Elon with no comment

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1927556425167085640

catdlr · « **Reply #76 on:** 05/28/2025 04:40 am »

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1927567126224593279

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Starship’s ninth flight test marked a major milestone for reuse with the first flight-proven Super Heavy booster launching from Starbase, and once more returned Starship to space

catdlr · « **Reply #77 on:** 05/28/2025 04:45 am »

https://twitter.com/mcrs987/status/1927572789029900591

Booster Graveyard locations

catdlr · « **Reply #78 on:** 05/28/2025 04:46 am »

https://twitter.com/_mgde_/status/1927527283935637524

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Flight 9 - Booster 14 and Ship 35 soar from Starbase, TX.

catdlr · « **Reply #79 on:** 05/28/2025 04:53 am »

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1927531406017601915

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Starship made it to the scheduled ship engine cutoff, so big improvement over last flight! Also, no significant loss of heat shield tiles during ascent.

Leaks caused loss of main tank pressure during the coast and re-entry phase. Lot of good data to review.

Launch cadence for next 3 flights will be faster, at approximately 1 every 3 to 4 weeks.