"The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT."

Will all the engines stay lit? Will the stages separate and the
Starship reach escape velocity?

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Frank Howell wrote:

"The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to
launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens at
7:00 a.m. CT."

Will all the engines stay lit?  Will the stages separate and the
Starship reach escape velocity?

I won't be going, so it probably will.

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Frank Howell wrote:

"The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to
launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens at
7:00 a.m. CT."

Will all the engines stay lit?  Will the stages separate and the
Starship reach escape velocity?

It mostly worked - the Starship made it into space and past FL (I
think) and then it said, "OK, that's it for today. We'll try the
landings next time. Boom and boom".

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bill
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On 11/19/2023 1:06 PM, bfh wrote:

Frank Howell wrote:

"The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to
launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens at
7:00 a.m. CT."

Will all the engines stay lit?  Will the stages separate and the
Starship reach escape velocity?

It mostly worked - the Starship made it into space and past FL (I think)
and then it said, "OK, that's it for today. We'll try the landings next
time. Boom and boom".

I watched a replay on youtube. I thought they said it was supposed to
return to earth somewhere north of Hawaii. Apparently they pushed the self-destruct button so where it was when that happened is maybe
anyone's guess... until they start finding pieces.
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George.Anthony wrote:

On 11/19/2023 1:06 PM, bfh wrote:

Frank Howell wrote:

"The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to
launch Saturday, November 18. A twenty-minute launch window opens
at 7:00 a.m. CT."

Will all the engines stay lit?  Will the stages separate and the
Starship reach escape velocity?

It mostly worked - the Starship made it into space and past FL (I
think) and then it said, "OK, that's it for today. We'll try the
landings next time. Boom and boom".

I watched a replay on youtube. I thought they said it was supposed to
return to earth somewhere north of Hawaii.

That's my understanding, too - to go suborbital and land tail first in
the ocean.

Apparently they pushed the
self-destruct button so where it was when that happened is maybe
anyone's guess... until they start finding pieces.

I think they lost telemetry, but I don't know if humans pushed the
button, or if the computer did. In any event, they got the Starship
into space. Also AFAIK, this was the first attempt at hot staging
(separation) instead of pneumatic separation of the two stages.

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