Thursday, October 16, 2025

Test flight #11

Starship completed test flight #11 on Tuesday evening (complete SpaceX video). As you know, this is the space craft which (in a modified form) is expected to land astronauts on the moon in 2027 through NASA's Artemis Mission.

Bigger and more powerful than any previous rocket including the Saturn V, Starship aced more tests including engine re-light and controlled re-entry. 

Dozens of cameras deliver great views, one of them being a view inside "Ship" (stage one) looking down from the height of the nose cone. From that point, you can see the dummy satellites slide smoothly through the payload door into space. Starlink satellites bring us the pictures.

Here are a couple of things to look for in the video below. Actual launch begins at 7:08. Look for speed and altitude in the bottom right and left corners. (How fast is it going after 30 seconds?) After the Ship separates from Super Heavy booster, speed/altitude of Ship are in the right lower corner and speed/altitude of the booster are in the left. The lit engines are filled-in circles.

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