Watch How A SpaceX Starship And Super Heavy Booster Launches In Slow Motion

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Watch how a SpaceX Starship and its Super Heavy booster launches in slow motion and the flight in real-time.  Also the Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly in slow motion.   Footage courtesy SpaceX | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

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02:32As the velocity increases, the density of the atmosphere is decreasing, lessening stress

02:40on the vehicle.

02:41The call out, Max Q now.

02:46Continuing to watch the first stage as we head downrange.

03:01100 seconds into flight.

03:06Our next major activity is going to be set down of the first stage.

03:10Houston Tracking Station now acquiring the vehicle.

03:14With set down, we will get separation of Starship and Super Heavy and ignition of the Starship

03:19engines.

03:20When Starship separates, we light up six engines in the staggered sequence.

03:26If all goes well, those six engines will burn for almost six and a half minutes.

03:31On-board view from Starship.

03:33And there's views of the Raptor engines on the second stage as we prepare for stage separation.

03:42Now after stage separation, the first stage will flip and begin a boost back maneuver for

03:46landing in the Gulf.

03:59Continuing to fly, two minutes, 40 seconds.

04:02Let's get ready for main engine cutoff.

04:03First engine cutoff.

04:04Beginning to flip for stage separation.

04:09Beginning to flip for stage separation.

04:10Beginning to flip for stage separation.

04:16As of right now, we are awaiting stage separation.

04:19As of right now, we are awaiting stage separation.

04:21Where Starship should separate from the Super Heavy and Super Heavy.

04:43Booster.

04:44Yeah, Kate, right now it looks like we saw the start of the flip, but obviously we're

05:00seeing from the ground cameras the entire Starship stack continuing to rotate.

05:04We should have had separation by now.

05:06Obviously, this does not appear to be a nominal situation.

05:10Yeah, it does appear to be spinning, but I do want to remind everyone that everything

05:16after clearing the tower was icing on the cake was icing on the cake.

05:35And now, as you saw, as you promised, it's so early to the Starship, and now we are

05:52looking to test them.

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