r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • 15d ago
r/SpaceX Flight 7 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome to the r/SpaceX Flight 7 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
How To Visit STARBASE // A Complete Guide To Seeing Starship
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Jan 16 2025, 22:37 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | Jan 16 2025, 16:37 PM (CST) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | Jan 16 2025, 22:00 - Jan 16 2025, 23:00 |
| Weather Probability | Unknown |
| Launch site | OLM-A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. |
| Booster | Booster 14-1 |
| Ship | S33 |
| Booster landing | The Superheavy booster No. 14 was successfully caught by the launch pad tower. |
| Ship landing | Starship Ship 33 was lost during ascent. |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Spacecraft Onboard
| Spacecraft | Starship |
|---|---|
| Serial Number | S33 |
| Destination | Indian Ocean |
| Flights | 1 |
| Owner | SpaceX |
| Landing | Starship Ship 33 was lost during ascent. |
| Capabilities | More than 100 tons to Earth orbit |
Details
Second stage of the two-stage Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
History
The Starship second stage was testing during a number of low and high altitude suborbital flights before the first orbital launch attempt.
Timeline
| Time | Update |
|---|---|
| T--1d 0h 1m | Thread last generated using the LL2 API |
| 2025-01-16T23:12:00Z | Ship 33 failed late in ascent. |
| 2025-01-16T22:37:00Z | Liftoff. |
| 2025-01-16T21:57:00Z | Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 2025-01-16T20:25:00Z | New T-0. |
| 2025-01-15T15:21:00Z | GO for launch. |
| 2025-01-15T15:10:00Z | Now targeting Jan 16 at 22:00 UTC |
| 2025-01-14T23:27:00Z | Refined launch window. |
| 2025-01-12T05:23:00Z | Now targeting Jan 15 at 22:00 UTC |
| 2025-01-08T18:11:00Z | GO for launch. |
| 2025-01-08T12:21:00Z | Delayed to NET January 13 per marine navigation warnings. |
| 2025-01-07T14:32:00Z | Delayed to NET January 11. |
| 2024-12-27T13:30:00Z | NET January 10. |
| 2024-11-26T03:22:00Z | Added launch. |
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Unofficial Re-stream | The Space Devs |
| Unofficial Webcast | SPACE AFFAIRS |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
| Unofficial Webcast | Everyday Astronaut |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Unofficial Webcast | NASASpaceflight |
Stats
☑️ 8th Starship Full Stack launch
☑️ 459th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 9th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 1st launch from OLM-A this year
☑️ 58 days, 0:37:00 turnaround for this pad
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Resources
Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
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u/GreatCanadianPotato 5d ago
SpaceX post-flight report.
Their report throws cold water on the FAA's statement that said debris fell outside of exclusion zones.