WORLDTECHLive Coverage: Starship Flight 15 attempts to recover full vehicle in double launch pad catch
What happened
Liftoff of the integrated Starship vehicle from Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a 75-minute launch window that opens at 4:45 p.m. SpaceX’s flight plan calls for Super Heavy Booster 22 to return to pad 2 at Starbase about 6.5 minutes after launching from there. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne.
Plays from YouTube SpaceX’s flight plan calls for Super Heavy Booster 22 to return to pad 2 at Starbase about 6.5 minutes after launching from there. The fully stacked Starship Flight 15 vehicle stands ready for launch from Starbase, Texas.
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage starting about 90 minutes prior to launch. It will be caught by the launch tower’s robotic arms, known as the ‘chopsticks’.
If all goes according to plan, it will mark the first time a Version 3 Super Heavy Booster has returned to the pad. Three previous boosters were caught by the launch pad tower. Plays from YouTube SpaceX has options to end the mission early with splashdowns off Hawaii and Chile if there is any doubt about the safety of a landing attempt at Starbase, which will take the craft over Mexico and South Texas.