Welcome to the /c/SpaceX Integrated Flight Test 2 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Scheduled for (UTC) 2023-11-18 13:00
Scheduled for (local) 2023-11-18 07:00 (CST)
Launch Window (UTC) 2023-11-18 13:00 to 2023-11-18 13:20 (20 minutes)
Weather Good
Launch site OLM-A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
Booster B9
Ship S25
Booster landing B9 to perform a soft water landing in the Gulf of Mexico
Ship landing S25 expected to impact Pacific Ocean near Hawaii

Webcasts

Stream Link
Everyday Astronaut (4k and low latency) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6na40SqzYnU
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-LFzFWaACo
LabPadre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwhcSwQWOHk
NASASpaceflight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOI35G7cP7o
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0K0uSDE6ks
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbmBspvaHE
SpaceX https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1725852544587727145#m
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CREQ3e2Li34

Stats

☑️ 2nd Starship Full Stack launch

☑️ 299th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 86th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 2nd launch from OLM-A this year

☑️ 211 days, 23:27:00 turnaround for this pad

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Mission Details 🚀

Link to Starship Dev thread

  • @DecronymABEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    AFTS Autonomous Flight Termination System, see FTS
    FAA Federal Aviation Administration
    FTS Flight Termination System
    MECO Main Engine Cut-Off
    ~ MainEngineCutOff podcast
    NSF NasaSpaceFlight forum
    ~ National Science Foundation
    RUD Rapid Unplanned Disassembly
    ~ Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
    ~ Rapid Unintended Disassembly
    SECO Second-stage Engine Cut-Off
    TVC Thrust Vector Control
    Jargon Definition
    Starlink SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation

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