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IFT-2 postponed to Saturday (nitter.net)

submitted 10 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

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Launch postponed to Saturday: https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1725231694645461403#m

We need to replace a grid fin actuator, so launch is postponed to Saturday

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Launch ship to "near-orbit", booster performs a soft "landing" in the Atlantic, ship performs a hard splashdown in the Pacific.

[–] rho50@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

In the very unlikely event that the Starship makes it to a nominal trajectory and survives re-entry, will it be attempting the flip-and-burn manoeuvre in the Pacific? Or are we talking a true hard splashdown/bellyflop?

[–] few@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If it gets that far then I'd imagine that it would attempt to flip. Although I do think I recall something said about not doing a flip to ensure that there's nothing that needs to be recovered. This would mean they don't need recovery ships in the area.

[–] few@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

The flight profile here https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2 does not say there will be a flip. But concludes with "Excitement Guaranteed". So anything could happen.