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Looking back on IFT-2, ahead of IFT-3, while SpaceX also test towards IFT-4 Source: RT@jdeshetler

Estimated Starship IFT-3 planned trajectory Source: @planet4589

A NOTMAR (Notice to Mariners) was released for March 14th indicating the following launch window: 12:00 ➣ 16:00 UTC Convert to your timezone

Flight 3 Details Source: SpaceX

A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff. As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change. Starship’s second flight test achieved a number of major milestones and provided invaluable data to continue rapidly developing Starship. Each of these flight tests continue to be just that: a test. They aren’t occurring in a lab or on a test stand, but are putting flight hardware in a flight environment to maximize learning. The third flight test aims to build on what we’ve learned from previous flights while attempting a number of ambitious objectives, including the successful ascent burn of both stages, opening and closing Starship’s payload door, a propellant transfer demonstration during the upper stage’s coast phase, the first ever re-light of a Raptor engine while in space, and a controlled reentry of Starship. It will also fly a new trajectory, with Starship targeted to splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This new flight path enables us to attempt new techniques like in-space engine burns while maximizing public safety. This rapid iterative development approach has been the basis for all of SpaceX’s major innovative advancements, including Falcon, Dragon, and Starlink. Recursive improvement is essential as we work to build a fully reusable transportation system capable of carrying both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, help humanity return to the Moon, and ultimately travel to Mars and beyond. Source: SpaceX

The third flight test of Starship could launch as soon as ThursdayMarch 14, pending regulatory approval → Starship Flight 3 Source: @SpaceX

Starship completed its rehearsal for launch, loading more than 10 million pounds of propellant on Starship and Super Heavy and taking the flight-like countdown to T-10 seconds Source: @SpaceX

Dragon docked with the Space Station for the fifth time Source: @SpaceX, @NASA

Falcon 9 lit up the sky ahead of the first stage returning to Earth after launching Crew-8 to the Space Station Sunday evening Source: @SpaceX

Three Falcon 9 launches in 20 hours, carrying to orbit: - 4 crewmembers headed to the Space Station - 53 rideshare spacecraft - 23 Starlink satellites Source: @SpaceX

Liftoff of 23 Starlink satellites from Florida while Transporter-10's second stage was coasting through space ahead of its final payload deployment. Two Falcon 9s were simultaneously readying payload deploys while a Dragon and its crew chased down the Space Station with the Crew-7 Dragon docked to it Source: @SpaceX

Liftoff of Transporter-10 and Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 4 To date, SpaceX has launched nearly 1,000 smallsats for 130+ customers across our entire Rideshare program. Rideshare significantly increases access to space for small satellite operators around the world The spacecraft launched by Falcon 9 as part of this program range from Earth observation satellites to in-space manufacturing, robotics, student research projects, entertainment, tech demos for human spaceflight, and more. Source: @SpaceX