Space - Spacex, NASA, Rocket Lab

[Duluth]

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Successful launch, starship made it into their target trajectory in space.

Booster didn't make it - they tried a steep angle of descent and a hard burn - looked like issues with lighting the raptor enginers.
Starlink deploy didn't happen

Waiting on re-entry. Big test coming up for renewed heat shield

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Reminder SpaceX are launching Starship again in less than half an hour. Fireworks expected.

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Scrubbed today. Ground systems.

SpaceX has officially scrubbed the launch of today's Starship Flight 10 launch due to a problem with ground support systems.

"Standing down from today's tenth flight of Starship to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems," SpaceX wrote in a status update on X.

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40min to the next launch of Starship. Flight 10. Fingers crossed!

[Duluth]

Maybe today?

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Pretty much a total success for SpaceX. Incredible to nail re-entry, even with so many tweaks to the rocket. This was a massive leap forward for re-usability, to go through an aggressive profile with missing heat shields drives confidence they will crackt his

[Duluth]

Another Starship launch today

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@Duluth ten minutes away! A couple of delays, can't wait. Last of block 2 ... could be exciting returning as there are a lot of missing tiles to test performance.

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So far looking like a massive success

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Looks like all objectives achieved. Re-entry followed by a landing burn and soft touchdown for Starship. Remarkable. Re-usability looks like it's here - now the question is how much refurbishment you need before re-launching.

Relighting in flight and on landing is bloody hard. This was a huge success for SpaceX.