{"id":197578,"date":"2024-10-13T07:26:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/%f0%9f%94%b4-live-spacex-launches-starship-for-the-fifth-time-and-tries-to-catch-a-booster"},"modified":"2024-10-13T07:26:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T12:26:50","slug":"%f0%9f%94%b4-live-spacex-launches-starship-for-the-fifth-time-and-tries-to-catch-a-booster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/%f0%9f%94%b4-live-spacex-launches-starship-for-the-fifth-time-and-tries-to-catch-a-booster","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd34 LIVE: SpaceX Launches Starship for the Fifth Time (and Tries to Catch a Booster)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YC87WmFN_As?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is preparing the launch of the fifth Starship flight test. The window for the launch opens at 7 a.m. local time on Sunday. The company has confirmed on its website, and X, that it is targeting a potential catch of the Super Heavy test vehicle, if flight parameters allow for it.<\/p>\n<p>Window Opens: October 13th at 7AM CDT (12:00 UTC)<br \/> Window Closes: October 13th at 8AM CDT (13:00 UTC) <\/p>\n<p>Mission: Starship\u2019s fifth fully integrated test flight.<br \/> Launch location: Orbital Launch Pad A, Starbase, Earth.<br \/> Target orbit: Trans-atmospheric.<br \/> Booster: Booster 12<br \/> Booster recovery: Orbital Launch Pad A launch tower arms.<br \/> Ship: Ship 30<br \/> Ship recovery: Will attempt soft splashdown on the Indian Ocean.<br \/> Rocket trajectory: Straight east over the Gulf of Mexico.<br \/> Payload mass: Some rust and sand?<br \/> Stubby nozzle: Lord help us if there\u2019s ever a stubby nozzle on Starship.<br \/> Stats:<br \/> \u00b7 SpaceX\u2019s 98th launch of the year and the 2nd launch of the month.<br \/> \u00b7 Starship\u2019s 5th launch.<br \/> \u00b7 1st Super Heavy recovery attempt (fishing B11\u2019s engine section out of the Gulf doesn\u2019t count) <\/p>\n<p>\u26a1 Become a member of NASASpaceflight\u2019s channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips, and other exclusive benefits. Your support helps us continue our 24\/7 coverage. \u26a1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX is preparing the launch of the fifth Starship flight test. The window for the launch opens at 7 a.m. local time on Sunday. The company has confirmed on its website, and X, that it is targeting a potential catch of the Super Heavy test vehicle, if flight parameters allow for it. Window Opens: October [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}