MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

Thanks, I hate suicide bomber Calvin.

Booster engine cutoff, stage separation, and Centaur upper stage ignition.

Once again, they are being very secretive, not streaming any views of the payload, and ending the webcast early.

Fairing jettison confirmed.

SRB jettison confirmed.

Liftoff!

https://bsky.app/profile/torybruno.bsky.social/post/3lsb3tqanp22e

Team is on console. Vehicle is powered. LWO has given a 15% weather POV. Mighty Atlas is champing at the bit.

Stage 1 landing confirmed!

SECO.

MECO, stage separation, M-vac ignition, and fairing separation.

Liftoff!

@[email protected]

Now targeting 2025-06-23 05:58 UTC, or 2025-06-23 01:58 local time (EDT).

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fOFAMHKphHw

https://youtube.com/watch?v=jm2DmStcF60

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-x8nxRBxxZU

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fjwt5YDoq9o

“So what about the droid attack on the wookiees?”

water running

walnuts in their tent

Is there a causality between these two statements?

Launch abort triggered at T-58 seconds due to poor FTS signal. Proceeding into propellant offloading and investigation.

Scrub for the day.

Thanks for posting the thread, and Happy Cake Day!

Dateful link: https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=0557&d=2025-06-22

Hold called at T-10 minutes due to winds, launch scrubbed for the day.

Damn it, I didn’t expect to get Rickrolled in [email protected]… well done.

tax payer dollars

Not really. SpaceX are paying for these tests. While NASA have agreed to purchase Starship launch services for the Artemis program, they aren’t funding each test individually. The Starship contract for Artemis is fixed-price, not cost-plus. Whether SpaceX blow up one Starship or ten during the testing phase, NASA pay the same amount for the operational flights.

I really hope we build some rotating space habitats soon.