# SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy Sixth Flight Test **URL:** \ **Category:** The Happening World\ **Tags:** starship, super-heavy, starbase, spacex\ **Created:** [9 November 2024 22:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670 "2024-11-09T22:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [9 November 2024 22:24 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670/1 "2024-11-09T22:24:37Z")
[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/b/a/baaa438b27b8e7f2ed2477883c6410faccc41c84.jpeg "SpaceX - Starship Suborbital Test Flight 6 - OLP-A - Starbase, Texas - Space Affairs Live") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucEu075bgx0) This topic discusses the forthcoming SpaceX sixth flight test of the integrated [Starship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship) (#31) and [Super Heavy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Super_Heavy) booster (#13), currently scheduled for launch no earlier than 2024-11-18 22:00 UTC with a 30 minute launch window [pushed back to 2024-11-19 22:00 UTC as of 2024-11-19]. The planned flight, if successful, will launch the craft on a near-orbital trajectory, with the first stage booster performing a boost back burn and launch tower catch (with fallback to soft water landing in the Gulf of Mexico), and the upper stage Starship accelerating to a velocity slightly less than orbital speed, causing it to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. Key differences from the last flight surround Starship, including an afternoon launch to allow a photogenic daylight splashdown of Starship. Also, Starship will conduct an in-space burn to simulate a future deorbit burn. A higher angle of attack descent will push the limits of flap control. Other changes involve thermal protection experiments including removing tiles from regions planned for catch hardware (implying it may be a while before we see a catch attempt). > **[SpaceX](https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-6)** > > SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [17 November 2024 15:54 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670/2 "2024-11-17T15:54:19Z")
Pushed back a day with webcast to start 2024-11-19 21:15 UTC. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2024 20:28 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670/3 "2024-11-19T20:28:30Z")
Launch window opens 22:00 UTC, 16:00 local time, 17:00 civilized world time. > ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2024 21:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670/4 "2024-11-19T21:47:45Z")
Plan is: 1. successful booster catch with less damage to tower; and 2. catastrophic failure of Starship thermal protection system to test its limits. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2024 21:53 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670/5 "2024-11-19T21:53:25Z")
> Every hacker in Tehran, Pyongyang, Austin, and Langley is trying to take control of the booster return. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/pturmel/32/111_2.png) [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2024 22:41 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670/6 "2024-11-19T22:41:49Z")
Catch aborted. Booster carcass is floating in the Gulf of Mexico, in spite of partial self-disassembly after splashdown. Re-entry next. ---
**Author:** ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2024 22:51 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670/7 "2024-11-19T22:51:19Z")
> [@pturmel](#): > > Booster carcass is floating in the Gulf of Mexico, Floating diagonally reminds me of the space ship in Planet of the Apes. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/pturmel/32/111_2.png) [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [19 November 2024 23:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/spacex-starship-super-heavy-sixth-flight-test/5670/8 "2024-11-19T23:10:41Z")
Ship floating in the Indian Ocean at the same time. I didn’t expect that.