Watch Historic Launch - SpaceX Third Starship Takes Flight!

SpaceX is about to launch Starship 28 and Booster 10 on the third orbital test flight! IFT-3 will launch NET on March 14th at 7 a.m. CST (12:00 Zulu Time/GMT), and you can watch it LIVE with me and the rest of the WAI team in glorious pixel-by-pixel 4K! This test flight aims to improve on IFT-1 and 2, SpaceX’s first and second attempts at launching a full-stack Starship on April 20th and November 18th, 2023. The launch will take off at SpaceX’s Starbase in south Texas, USA. Here’s the launch timeline with event times before and after ignition. For more info on the upcoming flight, go to COUNTDOWN All times approximate HR/MIN/SEC 01:15:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load 00:53:00 Ship LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway 00:51:00 Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway 00:42:00 Booster LOX load underway 00:41:00 Booster fuel load underway 00:19:40 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship 00:03:30 Booster propellant load complete 00:02:50 Ship propellant load complete 00:00:30 SpaceX flight director verifies GO for launch 00:00:10 Flame deflector activation 00:00:03 Raptor ignition sequence begins 00:00:00 Excitement guaranteed FLIGHT TEST TIMELINE All times are approximate HR/MIN/SEC 00:00:02 Liftoff 00:00:52 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket) 00:02:42 Booster MECO (most engines cut off) 00:02:44 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation) 00:02:55 Booster boostback burn startup 00:03:50 Booster boostback burn shutdown 00:06:36 Booster is transonic 00:06:46 Booster landing burn startup 00:07:04 Booster landing burn shutdown #SpaceX #starship #elonmusk #starbase #247 ▶️Merch Store US: ▶️Merch Store EU: ▶️Patreon: ▶️Redline Helicopter Tours: ▶️WAI Orbit: In collaboration with our friends at SkyFi: ▶️WAI Hub: ▶️Twitter: ▶️Instagram: ▶️Facebook: ▶️WAI Spotify Playlist: LIVE Production: Astro Roadie, TJ Cooney, Felix Schlang Photography: John Cargile, John Winkopp & Stefanie Schlang 3D Animation: Voop3D Production: TJ Cooney, Stefanie & Felix Schlang Graphics, Media & Code: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang, LP