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SpaceX launches Starship Flight 15 on a 22-hour mission around Earth

SpaceX launched Starship on its 15th test flight for a 22-hour mission. The booster failed and its catch was called off, while the ship reached a long coast phase around Earth, SpaceX and outlets reported.

What we know

  1. 1
    SpaceX launched Starship on its 15th test flight on Friday, 13 November (CBS News, CNN).
  2. 2
    The Super Heavy booster failed during the flight and SpaceX called off its attempt to catch it, the Financial Times and Hindustan Times reported.
  3. 3
    SpaceX said on its official account that the ship completed its ascent burn and is in a long coast phase around Earth, with about 21 hours of the mission planned in orbit.
Broke first
@SpaceX


20 min ahead of @CBSNews

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    SpaceX Broke first
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    CBS News
    @CBSNews
    +20m 54s
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    Bloomberg
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    +-164m 09s
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    CNN Breaking News
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    +33m 15s
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    Financial Times
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    +1h 04m
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    CNN
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    +1h 31m
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    Hindustan Times
    @htTweets
    +4h 31m
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    The Kyiv Independent
    @KyivIndependent
    +6h 23m

“Broke first” is SpaceX’s own liftoff post; CBS News was the first outlet to report the launch. Earlier SpaceX posts were pre-launch announcements.

Timeline

Launch confirmed by SpaceX, CBS News and CNN; booster failure reported by the Financial Times and Hindustan Times. Sources: CBS News, CNN, Financial Times, Hindustan Times, SpaceX.

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Defiant L’s
@DefiantLs · 1.7M followers

@elonmusk Humans have done a lot of stupid stuff throughout history, but we can't deny just how amazing we can be.

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Brad R. Torgersen
@BradRTorgersen · 14.6K followers

This is one of the few parts about the 21st century I don't hate.

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Hindustan Times
@htTweets · 8.2M followers

SpaceX's massive Starship booster explodes before spacecraft soars into orbit

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CNN
@CNN · 61.7M followers

SpaceX has launched what could be an unprecedented test flight of Starship — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — from the company's facilities in Starbase, Texas. Read more about the test flight:

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SpaceX
@SpaceX · 41.9M followers

Starship is now in a long coast phase around Earth. Teams will monitor Starship’s systems over the next ~21 hours that we intend to be in orbit for. We do have a few early deorbit options available should we need them,…

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Financial Times
@FT · 7.1M followers

SpaceX aborts attempt to catch Starship rocket after booster fails

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CNN Breaking News
@cnnbrk · 60.0M followers

SpaceX's Starship has lifted off, aiming for ship catch in an unprecedented test flight. Follow for the latest updates.

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CBS News
@CBSNews · 9.9M followers

SpaceX launched its huge Starship rocket on the program's 15th test flight Friday on a 22-hour mission. If successful, the flight will mark a critical step in the development of the world's first fully reusable…

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SpaceX
@SpaceX · 41.9M followers

Starship’s ascent burn is complete. Starship is now on a planned suborbital trajectory as teams check systems to confirm we are good to proceed to orbit today

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SpaceX
@SpaceX · 41.9M followers

Recovering the entire launch vehicle is considered the holy grail of rocketry. On this mission, we will attempt to recover both stages of Starship for the first time

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SpaceX
@SpaceX · 41.9M followers

Go for propellant load. Teams will soon begin loading Starship with ~12 million pounds of liquid oxygen and liquid methane

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SpaceX
@SpaceX · 41.9M followers

Ship 42 moves to the Starbase pad ahead of launch

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