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01:46Booster after chamber pressure is nominal.
01:53Two plus four in three seconds under the test flight of the inaugural Starsail vehicle.
01:58Tower clear to land a catchover.
02:01Propulsion reports first stage engines nominal.
02:04What a sight when the grand cameras at starbase.
02:07We're flying at twice the thrust of the Saturn V heading to space.
02:19We're throttled down and throttled back up.
02:24Going through the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure.
02:34As the velocity increases, the density of the atmosphere is decreasing.
02:39Lessening stress on the vehicle.
02:41The call out next cue now.
02:50Continuing to watch the first stage as we head downrange.
03:00100 seconds into flight.
03:05Our next major activity is going to be set down of the first stage.
03:09Houston Tracking Station now acquiring the vehicle.
03:13With shutdown, we will get separation of Starship and Super Heavy and ignition of the Starship engines.
03:20When Starship separates, we light up six engines in the staggered sequence.
03:25If all goes well, those six engines will burn for almost six and a half minutes.
03:29On-board view from Starship.
03:35And there's views of the Raptor engines on the second stage as we prepare for stage separation.
03:41Now after stage separation, the first stage will flip and begin a boost back maneuver for landing in the Gulf.
03:59Continuing to fly.
04:00Two minutes, 40 seconds.
04:02Let's get ready for main engine cutoff.
04:09Beginning the flip for stage separation.
04:11Let's go.
04:42As of right now, we are awaiting stage separation.
04:48Where a starship should separate from the super heavy booster.
04:55Yeah, Kate, right now it looks like we saw the start of the flip, but obviously we're seeing from the
05:01ground 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 after clearing the tower
05:18was icing on the cake.
05:37And now, as you saw, as you promised, it's so long to the start of the lovely, lovely coastline.
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