# Starship Flight Preparations, Countdown, and Launch Process

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**Created:** [23 April 2023 11:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/starship-flight-preparations-countdown-and-launch-process/3081 "2023-04-23T11:03:12Z")\
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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/5/520a55824d4dde24d9fe1d25e024103bc72d0ada.jpeg "SpaceX Starship Flight: Immensely Complex (and Awesome)!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIEAjGhlFwo)

Instead of the usual weekly space new wrap-up, this week Marcus House takes a deep dive into how Starship is stacked, prepared for flight, loaded with propellants, and launched. The number of things which happen (and must all work) in the final seconds before liftoff is amazing.