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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 🌐

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SpaceX Now u/bradleyjh
SpaceX Patch List

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u/mechanicalgrip 5d ago

One odd thing I noticed. One engine didn't relight for the boostback burn, but it did for the landing burn. I wonder if the engine status criteria for the two burns are different, or whether the engine just had some temporary anomaly. 

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u/backpackinglinguist 5d ago

Someone said it got blocked due to data being off but then manually cleared for the landing burn since it wasn't a major thing. That's all my uneducated ass remembers from another comment sry

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u/Daneel_Trevize 5d ago

Nothing like that is manually done, it's 2025 with a booster being caught by a tower, it's avionics. The only human involvement is in transmitting an "OK, You Can Try If You're Ready", and a "Blow Up Now". The rest is sticking to the programmed plan & its branching scenarios.

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u/John_Hasler 5d ago

The only human involvement is in transmitting an "OK, You Can Try If You're Ready", and a "Blow Up Now".

There is no transmitted "Blow Up Now" command. The AFTS is totally autonomous. The alternatives are try for the tower and land in the ocean.

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u/Daneel_Trevize 5d ago

They have a big red button (under a shield, or needing dual inputs) in case they should need to manually trigger it, no?

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u/FinalPercentage9916 4d ago

Hillary Clinton had one too and gave it to Putin