Update: June 6, 10:17 a.m.
ET: Starship lifted off from the Boca Chica launch mount at 8:50 a.m.
The first stage of the flight went smoothly despite one Raptor engine conking out.
A view of a Starship forward flap during reentry, as the heat and pressure took its toll.Screenshot: SpaceX
Some 40 minutes later, the upper stage began its reentry maneuver.
Regardless, SpaceX collected a tremendous amount of data during this fourth mission.
Update: June 6, 8:23 a.m.
ET: The SpaceX broadcast is now live and available below.
Launch is currently slated for 8:50 a.m. Thebroadcast is also availableat SpaceX.
ET: There gives the impression of a bit of a delay this morning.
As NSF reports on itslive feed, Starship will launch no earlier than 8:49 a.m.
ET, as ground teams continue to prep the rocket.
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, June 6 for the fourth test flight of a new Starship prototype.
The megarocket is scheduled to liftoff during a 120-minute launch window that starts at 8 a.m.
ET from SpaceXs Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, according toSpaceX.
The launch will be live streamed on the SpaceXwebsite, as well as through the companysaccounton X.
The livestream is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m. A number of third party providers have livestreams available, which you might find below.
The mission lasted for an hour and 49 minutes before the upper stage disintegrated to pieces during reentry.
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