It was a perfect day for a launch. It seemed the only issue was not all 13 Raptor engines on the booster lit up on splashdown causing a rougher splashdown then expected. You can watch the launch on SpaceX

Highlighted Times

2:00 - Program starts

15:00 - Propellants being loaded and a description of Starship Version 3

24:00 - Flight profile then Starship and the Artemis III mission - 26:50

34:00 - 1 minute to launch. Turn up the volume. You can hear the windows shaking in the command center

40:00 - Live shot off the booster showing its return to Starbase splashing down roughly 2 miles offshore. Excellent views all the way to splashdown

1:20:00 - After deploying 20 Starlink satellites Starship starts reentry

1:37:50 - Starship reentry continues splashing down 1:40:20 in the Indian Ocean, a perfect splashdown this time. Drone views end 1:46:30

Great event yesterday!!

Thank you Orion for the chronological account and ongoing coverage.

I agree soot. Awesome. for the updates Orion.

Thanks Orion.

Launch Pad Technicians, like they did after test flight 12, are inspecting all portions of the launch pad looking for any issues with the tower and launch mount after flight 13's launch. Any changes SpaceX wants to make to the launch pad could be done at this time as well. They have these 300 foot Boom Lifts that takes workers to the underneath side of the Quick Disconnect Arm, the platform that fuels the ship, along with other parts of the tower. They have a variety manlifts reaching to areas that can't be reached by technicians on the tower. You can see these manlifts in use on occasion from here - Starship Live - scroll back.

Three boom lifts are in use here on the older version of launch pad 1. The crane was used to stack the booster and ship on this version. Now the tower does the work - click on picks to enlarge

Starship Update - Waiting on test flight 14 to schedule, looking like some time in August

Angles You Didn't See - Starship Test Flight 13 Launch


Space Coast Live - Nasa's has 2 Starship launch pads under construction one almost completed. They are hoping for a test flight launch from the Cape by end of year. There are plans to build towers that will only catch returns, boosters and ships, in Florida and Texas

NSF Broadcasts

Thanks Orion ... great links and information