Still no signal from the ship. Reentry started a little bit early, so I would think it would be transonic by now.

Edit: Loss of S28 confirmed on the webcast. Now we just wait for Scott Manley and Zack Golden to tell us what happened :) See you all for IFT-4!

This thread definitely!

Views of re-entry! Look at that plasma!

Wayward boats again...

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768243304054092192

New liftoff time is 8:02 a.m. CT, team is clearing a few boats from the keep out area in the Gulf of Mexico

On the bright side, it's now scheduled for after sunrise, and the fog seems to be clearing!

Edit: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768246454328742222

Shifting T-0 a few more minutes to give boats time to clear the keep out area, now targeting 8:10 a.m. CT

Looks like the ship lost roll control. It was re-entering pretty side on instead of belly first. Tim Dodd thought the hot gas thrusters may have gotten clogged with ice.

Booster survived the boostback burn this time!

Edit: Looks like there was an issue with re-entry and landing burn, but the booster made it further than last time!

well, that was pretty good. i wonder why the booster reentry was oscilating so much, and the ship reentry didnt seem very controlled either. incredible video from the ship during reentry though.

SECO and nominal orbit insertion for Starship!

Thanks to everyone posting in here, couldn't watch the webcast so it was good to catch up on everything that happened!

That fog cleared fast!

T-0 pushed by 30 minutes: https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768231845551096149

Weather is 70% favorable for today’s third integrated flight test of Starship.

The live webcast will begin ~30 minutes before liftoff, which is currently targeted for 7:30 a.m. CT → https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3

I think this is the correct link for the SpaceX official feed on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxBnOvzvOxN

Looks like it's scheduled to start at 6:56 CDT now that launch is targeting 7:30 AM CDT.

It is looking like it might go on first attempt!

Everyday astronaut stream has a thermal camera showing fueling

Onboard views from the booster and ship this time!

45 seconds in, amazing all engines look great

They just announced that the PEZ door is opening.

Liftoff!

Hot Staging!

I can't watch any videos right now, how is it going?

So I guess still no orbital flight for test 4? I imagine relighting an engine in space was a requirement.

Looks like some sort of fuelling is underway. Or at least chilling lines in the OLM and tower in preparation for filling.

Launch time has been pushed 30 min (7:30 local). The window is 110 minutes.

Countdown and Flight Test Timeline (from SpaceX Site)

Countdown All times approximate Hr/Min/Sec Event

• 01:15:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
• 00:53:00 Ship LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
• 00:51:00 Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway
• 00:42:00 Booster LOX load underway
• 00:41:00 Booster fuel load underway
• 00:19:40 Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
• 00:03:30 Booster propellant load complete
• 00:02:50 Ship propellant load complete
• 00:00:30 SpaceX flight director verifies GO for launch
• 00:00:10 Flame deflector activation
• 00:00:03 Raptor ignition sequence begins
• 00:00:00 Excitement guaranteed

Flight Test Timeline All times are approximate Hr/Min/Sec Event

• 00:00:02 Liftoff
• 00:00:52 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
• 00:02:42 Booster MECO (most engines cut off)
• 00:02:44 Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
• 00:02:55 Booster boostback burn startup
• 00:03:50 Booster boostback burn shutdown
• 00:06:36 Booster is transonic
• 00:06:46 Booster landing burn startup
• 00:07:04 Booster landing burn shutdown
• 00:08:35 Starship engine cutoff
• 00:11:56 Payload door open
• 00:24:31 Propellant transfer demo
• 00:28:21 Payload door close
• 00:40:46 Raptor in-space relight demo
• 00:49:05 Starship entry
• 01:02:16 Starship is transonic
• 01:03:04 Starship is subsonic
• 01:04:39 An exciting landing!

Hosted webcast is back. Payload door opening and propellant transfer were tested, still awaiting data review. Raptor relight imminent.

Edit: It sounds like Starship decided to skip the raptor relight. Going straight to reentry.

Prop load soon!

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768251797846847981

The Starship team is go for prop load but keeping an eye on winds, now targeting 8:25 a.m. CT for liftoff

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Starship is supposed to coast for the next 30 minutes, until T+ 40

SpaceX are live. Kate Tice and Siva Bharadvaj are hosting.

Prop load has started on ship and booster:

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768254337204260905

Propellant load of Starship’s upper stage is now underway

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768255938526626089

Prop load of the Super Heavy booster is underway

Prop load closed out. Winds are looking good.