00:00Okay, here's the game.
00:05Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
00:192 minus 15 seconds.
00:2410, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3.
00:51Zero plus 1 flight operations.
01:01Booster after chamber pressure is nominal.
01:082 plus 43 seconds under the test flight
01:12of the inaugural Starship vehicle.
01:14Tower clear to land it picks over.
01:16Propulsion reports first stage engines nominal.
01:19What a sight when the grand cameras
01:21at Starbase.
01:23We're flying it twice the thrust of
01:25the Saturn V heading to space.
01:34We're throttled down and throttled back up.
01:40Going through the period
01:41of maximum aerodynamic pressure.
01:49As the velocity increases,
01:52the density of the atmosphere is decreasing.
01:54Max Q.
01:54Lessening stress on the vehicle.
01:56The call out, Max Q now.
02:06Continuing to watch the first stage
02:08as we head down range.
02:16100 seconds into flight.
02:21Our next major activity is going to be
02:23set down of the first stage.
02:25Houston Tracking Station.
02:27Houston Tracking Station now acquiring the vehicle.
02:29With shutdown, we will get separation
02:31of Starship from Super Heavy
02:33and ignition of the Starship engines.
02:36When Starship separates,
02:38we light up six engines
02:39in the staggered sequence.
02:41If all goes well,
02:42those six engines will burn
02:43for almost six and a half minutes.
02:45onboard view from Starship.
02:50And there's views of the Raptor engines
02:53on the second stage
02:54as we prepare for stage separation.
02:57Now after stage separation,
02:59the first stage will flip
03:00and begin a boost back maneuver
03:02for landing in the Gulf.
03:15Continuing to fly.
03:162 minutes 40 seconds.
03:18Let's get ready for main engine
03:19cutoff.
03:25Beginning to flip for stage separation.
03:58As of right now,
03:59we are awaiting stage separation.
04:03where Starship should separate
04:05from the Super Heavy booster.
04:11Yeah, Kate, right now it looks like
04:13we saw the start of the flip,
04:14but obviously we're seeing
04:16from the ground cameras
04:17the entire Starship stack
04:19continuing to rotate.
04:20We should have had separation by now.
04:22Obviously this does not appear
04:24to be a nominal situation.
04:26Yeah, it does appear to be spinning,
04:28but I do want to remind everyone
04:30that everything after clearing the tower
04:33was icing on the cake.
04:40And there, as you saw,
04:45as we promised,
04:46an exciting end
04:48to the Starship inaugural
04:50integrated test flight.
05:05Everyone here absolutely pumped
05:08to clear the pad and make it this far
05:10into the test flight.
05:12The first integrated flight of the booster
05:15and the Starship vehicle.
05:17Live view there of our control center
05:20at Starbase,
05:21which we refer to as Star Command.
05:27As we said before,
05:28obviously we wanted to make it
05:30all the way through,
05:31but to get this far, honestly,
05:33is amazing.
05:36Well, if you're just joining us,
05:38Starship just experienced what we call
05:40a rapid unscheduled disassembly
05:42or a rut during ascent.
05:45But now this was a development test.
05:47This is the first test flight of Starship,
05:49and the goal was to gather the data
05:50and, as we said, clear the pad
05:53and get ready to go again.
05:55So you never know exactly
05:56what's going to happen,
05:57but as we promised,
05:59excitement is guaranteed.
06:00And Starship gave us
06:02a rather spectacular end
06:03to what was truly
06:04an incredible test thus far.
06:06As we mentioned at the start
06:08of today's program,
06:10any and all the data
06:11that we collected during the test
06:13is going to help us
06:14with further development of Starship,
06:16and it's going to improve
06:17the vehicle's reliability
06:18as SpaceX seeks
06:19to make life multi-planetary.
06:21It's really worth noting
06:22that the flight path
06:23was designed to be over water
06:25and all the air and sea space,
06:27along with that flight path
06:29and those surrounding areas
06:29were cleared in advance of the test.
06:31And, of course,
06:32we're going to be coordinating
06:33with local authorities
06:34for the recovery operations.
06:36But honestly,
06:37what an exciting morning.
06:39Oh, my gosh.
06:40We had a successful liftoff
06:42from Starbase, Texas
06:44at 8.28 a.m. Central Time.
06:47We cleared the tower,
06:49which, honestly,
06:50was our only hope.
06:52We cleared the tower,
06:53and all the data
06:54that we collected
06:55all the way through
06:57all those Raptor,
06:58those 33,
06:58although I think we saw
07:00that three Raptor engines were out.
07:02But we got all that data,
07:04and we got so far
07:05as to hoping to see
07:07the Starship,
07:09the second stage,
07:10separate from the first stage,
07:11the Super Heavy booster.
07:13And, unfortunately,
07:13we didn't make that happen,
07:15but that's okay.
07:16It was the first integrated launch,
07:18and, honestly,
07:20today was amazing.
07:21It was an absolutely incredible day.
07:23We made it through a number
07:25of those initial test objectives
07:27with getting booster ascent,
07:30getting all the way
07:30through the countdown,
07:31working some issues at the end,
07:33like a really fantastic day.
07:34Totally insane.
07:34Got through the gate at T-minus 40 seconds
07:36on the second try.
07:38Everything released,
07:39the hold downs,
07:40the quick disconnect arms,
07:41everything moves out of the way,
07:42and then we got the vehicle
07:44off of the pad,
07:45through Max-Q,
07:46all the way up to stage separation,
07:47even starting into the prep for state stuff,
07:50and then, as we say,
07:51a lot of excitement.
07:52Yep. Honestly,
07:54my face has had a smile on it
07:56since liftoff,
07:57and now my face hurts.
07:58Now, since we don't have any insights
08:00on the cause of our rapid
08:03unscheduled disassembly at this point,
08:05we're going to end our webcast here.
08:07Teams will continue to review the data
08:09and work toward our next flight test.
08:11But before we go,
08:12a big congrats to the entire SpaceX team
08:14on an exciting first integrated flight test
08:17of Starship.
08:18And, of course,
08:19a shout out to our viewers.
08:20We appreciate you joining us.
08:22And, as always,
08:23we thank you for your interest
08:24in Starship,
08:25SpaceX,
08:25and your ongoing support.
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