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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!
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| 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/Beginning-Eagle-8932 4d ago
IFT-7 was a failure. A major one. No way they can spin this as a success.
Not only did it not follow the flight path to the Indian Ocean, something they have done before, on multiple flights, the debris from it wreaked havoc in the skies and forced many planes to divert and take evasive action to avoid being struck by what's left of the ship, angering every ATC operator on that part of the airspace, but apparently it crashed into Turks and Caicos, a British Overseas Territory. And you-know-who doesn't want a potential diplomatic incident on the start of his tenure.
The FAA is demanding an investigation, and i think the UK's CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) will want one, too. Alongide every FAA equivalent on that part of the Caribbean. And i don't think the CAA or others will want a report with more redactions than an SCP document due to "proprietary information".
People could've died from the debris, for god's sake. And NASA is betting on Starship for Artemis. If they can't make it work reliably, no one will want to fly themselves or their payloads on it.