{"id":21744,"date":"2024-03-15T01:58:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-lights-itself-the-biggest-birthday-candle-with-an-overall-successful-starship-launch\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T01:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:58:49","slug":"spacex-lights-itself-the-biggest-birthday-candle-with-an-overall-successful-starship-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-lights-itself-the-biggest-birthday-candle-with-an-overall-successful-starship-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX lights itself the biggest birthday candle with an overall successful Starship launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/CleanShot-2024-03-14-at-09.11.43@2x.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/CleanShot-2024-03-14-at-09.11.43%402x.jpg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/CleanShot-2024-03-14-at-09.11.43%402x.jpg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/CleanShot-2024-03-14-at-09.11.43%402x.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/CleanShot-2024-03-14-at-09.11.43%402x.jpg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"40216\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2024\/03\/14\/spacex-lights-itself-the-biggest-birthday-candle-with-an-overall-successful-starship-launch\/cleanshot-2024-03-14-at-09-11-432x\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/CleanShot-2024-03-14-at-09.11.43@2x.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"2880,1620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"SpaceX Starship flight 3 reentry\" data-image-description=\"\n\n<p>SpaceX livestream<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-image-caption=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Image: SpaceX<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/03\/CleanShot-2024-03-14-at-09.11.43@2x.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024&#8243;><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tImage: SpaceX\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX completed its third Starship test flight early Thursday morning which ended as an almost 100% successful missions, meeting almost all of its goals. While the booster was lost prior to ocean splashdown, the more important part, the second stage, reached space and conducted several in-space tests.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-40213\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-starship-is-now-looking-like-a-proper-commercial-launcher\">Starship is now looking like a proper commercial launcher<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starship\u2019s third test flight was a major step forward for the program as it made it further than it has before. Lifting off at about 8:26 A.M. CT from SpaceX\u2019s Starbase facility in South Texas, the rocket completed all of its ascent engine burns, sending the Starship upper stage into a high flight path over Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX gave a revised list of objectives for Starship\u2019s third test flight which was to get through ascent, open and close the payload door, transfer propellent between tanks in flight, relight a Raptor engine in space, and gather data on the vehicle\u2019s heat shield tiles. Right now we know that SpaceX was able to complete at least four of those objectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ascent of Starship\u2019s booster and ship (upper stage) performed nominally like flight two. However, the booster survived longer and performed a full boost back and attempted a landing burn. Sadly, the booster\u2019s engines did not all relight which led to a hard crash into the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-40213',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ship 28, however, survived almost all the way through reentry. Completing its ascent burn, opening and closing its payload \u201cpez\u201d door, and completing the propellent transfer, the ship perform pretty much as well as you would hope on a test mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two downfalls of Thursday\u2019s test was an unknown status of Raptor relight in space and Ship 28\u2019s breakup during reentry. However, the use of Starlink during reentry proved valuable as it was able to show live views during the beginning of reentry for what I believe is the first time ever.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=SethKurk&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1768279990368612354&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2024%2F03%2F14%2Fspacex-lights-itself-the-biggest-birthday-candle-with-an-overall-successful-starship-launch%2F&amp;sessionId=0bdffe0a8c550ac587d991224585ae81deafaa27&amp;siteScreenName=space_explored&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=500px\" data-tweet-id=\"1768279990368612354\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1783315941512855997=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Starship re-entering Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. Views through the plasma pic.twitter.com\/HEQX4eEHWH<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 14, 2024<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As SpaceX has said many times, these Starship launches are only tests. The goal for each flight is to get further and do more than the previous one and when you compare it to Starship\u2019s IFT-1, it\u2019s almost a night to day difference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s easy to look at today\u2019s launch and see this flight as a failure. However, Starship is failing with intent to learn more. While development has been slower than expected and may cause delays to Artemis 3\u2018s launch, at this point Starship\u2019s capability is real and will eventually fly operational missions one day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join our Discord Server: Join the community with forums and chatrooms about space!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-next-for-starship\">What\u2019s next for Starship?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SpaceX has four Superheavy boosters in various stages of final assembly with a few more Starship upper stages ready as well. However, this flight will most likely result in another mishap investigation from the FAA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luckily, when missions go mostly well, investigations as to what caused the failures take less time. It was about four months since that last Starship rocket flew so another few months, as long as the fixes are at a similar difficulty, could be expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest question for Starship flight four will be if the company will want to launch with next generation Starlink satellites in the payload bay. This would probably mean SpaceX would fly Starship into orbit, rather than a modified profile like today\u2019s that only took them to the Indian Ocean. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024 has to be the year that Starship begins operational flights. Development of Starship is directly linked to development of NASA\u2019s Human Landing System (as they are the same thing). SpaceX will need to prove to NASA soon that it can launch, refuel, and land a Starship HLS version on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s flight test as a major move in that direction and the next few missions I suspect will do the same. Discussions and rumors of Starship activity returning to Kennedy Space Center has picked back up and now that there\u2019s a lower chance of a pad explosion, revisiting KSC launches makes sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}