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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-23 00:10:39

The 12th test flight of a #Starship was a mixed bag: good lift-off, loss of the booster, Starship limping into orbit, deployments fine, no Raptor relighting, fun reentry, RUD at the very end as planned. See skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/05/ for maaany more screencaps from the webcast!

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-22 18:31:27

This is, from #Starship to inspect it from the outside with cameras on its booms - according to x.com/SpaceX/status/2057845419 the next launch attempt will be tonight between 22:30 and 0:00 UTC, with a webcast from 21:58 UTC at x.com/i/broadcasts/1pKkOykQRgN

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-22 02:13:07

While there was no #Starship launch the #SpaceX webcast contained two unexpected segments, one about a vague plan of a space tourist flight - #Starlink Stargaze system described in starlink.com/updates/stargaze and breakingdefense.com/2026/01/sp and smallsatnews.com/2026/02/18/sp: apparently there are numerous unlisted satellites in LEO which come so close to the Starlinks that cameras on the latter see them as bright objects. How could those objects have been missed by all space surveillance from the ground?

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-22 00:42:02

The first version 3 #Starship didn't go anywhere on the first attempt: first the launch was delayed twice by 1/2 hour, then it recycled again and again to t-40 seconds - because the hydraulic pin holding the tower arm in place did not retract: x.com/elonmusk/status/20576096 - until the time ran out. It it unclear whether the next attempt can come already 24 hours later or only next week the earliest.

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-21 21:56:05

The new t-zero for the #Starship test flight no. 12 is 23:30 UTC after two (unexplained) delays: independent webcasts are already on at youtube.com/watch?v=JcNsHf607hU and youtube.com/watch?v=TBu6JFjt0tk with the official one at x.com/i/broadcasts/1YxNrZwwomN now scheduled for 22:43 UTC.

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-12 21:19:37

The twelfth flight test of #Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Tuesday, May 19: x.com/SpaceX/status/2054304050 - the launch window will open at 22:30 UTC.