SpaceX Reveals Flight 6 Starship! Possible Launch Date Available! Can They Do It?

Flight 6 soon?! The dust has now settled from the fifth flight of Spacex's Starship, so how did the launch site fair? SpaceX turns all of its attention to the upcoming flight 6. How long until we see Starship take to the skies again? SpaceX launches it's biggest mission yet, and I'm not talking about Starship!

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Editing: John Young, Alex Potvin, Stefanie Schlang
Photography: Jordan Guidry, Sean Doherty, John Winkopp & Stefanie Schlang
3D Animation: Voop3D
Script & Research: Nathan, Felix Schlang
LIVE Production: Jonathan Heuer, Jordan Guidry
Host: Felix Schlang
Production: Stefanie & Felix Schlang
Graphics & Media Processing: Jonathan Heuer, Felix Schlang

Credit:

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[Whataboutit]

What do you think? Will SpaceX be able to Launch in just a month from now, or will something hold them back? Give me your flight 6 launch date estimate in the comments below!

[TallinuTV]

There’s no way booster 12 will fly again — not because of the damage, but because this is the first time they’ve gotten one back intact. They’ll want to tear it down completely, looking for hidden damage and performing all sorts of testing on everything to figure out the exact causes of every failure so they can develop solutions to improve the survivability of future boosters. This program isn’t about the current designs, after all — these are still early prototypes. It’s all about improving future prototypes at this stage.

[zacharymccann]

To those who don’t have the time, flight 6 should launch in a month or so

[johnmalone]

It's wonderful to see such an enthusiastic presentation delivered by a real human. Keep it up Felix, keep it up Bro

[benoitferland]

They should go with ship 33 for IFT-6. Might as well test block 2 ship right way and confirm that the new forward flap design works. Go ship 33!!

[ThorkilKowalski]

Love that you're talking about space exploration in a broader context and not just SpaceX. Cool!

[charles_kerman-]

Every time I thought that you were done explaining all of the extremely exciting stuff, you started talking about yet another exciting thing. I can't believe all of this happened in only a week!

[otpyrcralphpierre]

Way to go, Felix and Team WAI. Something to consider, SpaceX is licensed to perform Sub-Orbital flights
of the ship at the present time. In order for the Ship to be recovered at the launch tower, it will have to be
re-licensed for Orbital flight. Logistics seem to work out that it would take between 3 and 6 orbits to re-align
the path back to the landing site. It would also include re-ignition of the engines in orbit, something that
has yet to be done. Maybe flight 6 they will try the de-orbit burn of these engines, thus necessitating a flip
maneuver to do so. Lots of speculation here, but those are My thoughts.

[regolith]

This booster will never fly again, for several reasons:

1) They're gonna inspect it as thoroughly as possible, which will probably require some level of disassembly. It's worth far more for what it can teach SpaceX engineers than as a flying booster.

2) There's already a growing stockpile of brand new boosters that need to fly or be scrapped. There's no reason to refly this one.

3) It will be put on permanent display at Starbase.

The first Dragon capsule that flew to space is hanging from the ceiling just outside SpaceX's Mission Control room. The first booster to land successfully is standing guard outside their Hawthorne factory. Starhopper is faithfully watching over Starbase to this day. Does anyone really think the very first SuperHeavy to successfully return and be caught out of the air by Mechazilla won't be put on display?

[ChemSketch]

At this rate, we will be going to mars pretty soon. SPACEX is true sci-fi!! Let's blast those engines Can't wait for ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE IN THIS ERA!!

[johnrday]

Scorch marks on the OLM are no problem ! If warping, distortion or erosion were to occur, now that might be problem depending on severity but appears none of that occurred ! Well done Marcus ! These are exciting times for Space future - Lst's go Starship IFT-6, 7, 8, etc !

[CrumResearch]

Flight 6 during Christmas break between Christmas and New Year's Day would be really need, for family viewing entertainment and with appreciation for SpaceX staff.

[frankmcgowan]

I am guessing that IFT-6 will fly essentially the same flight plan and its main purposes will be to test the engine start process for the de-orbit burn and heat shield improvements. The heat shield changes may not be designed yet, much less ready fir installation. When the heat shield is installed and ready, they will launch.

I'm hoping that IFT-6 will be completed before Thanksgiving.

I think IFT-7 will complete more than one orbit and attemp a catch. If so, IFT-7 will require a new flight plan and therefore, a new license even if IFT-6 is completely successful and without incident. I hope to see this mission flown before Christmas.

Once that flight plan is completed and because the LEO orbital fight plans other than refueling will be nearly identical for awhile, SpaceX should be limited by the number of launches per year that they are allowed rather than waiting for new licenses to be approved.

I am stoked! After 5 decades of mostly ho-hum LEO flights punctuated by two catastrophic failures, we are back to looking at the moon. Further, we know lunar missions are not the ultimate destination this time around but, rather, a long term dress rehearsal for Mars!

[kamenlee]

I love that you call out returning viewers that are subscribers. Its real data supporting the click. A+

[angryhedgehoglee]

They need to carry this momentum forward! It's critically important to Space X, NASA, and all the other public and private space related concerns to do so. A fire must catch in our souls to get things moving at a brisk pace. To get the habitats that will be landing on the moon, built, tested, and ready for installation on Luna. Its a wise thing to do just to get an idea for what will be needed on Mars. There is a lot still to do. We dont want a handfull of successes slow us down. There is NO time for a breather. Its all hands on deck, full speed ahead. We invite vast delays if we do not keep making fast and constant progress.

[Jumbo_Smooth]

I don't think the landing pin was bent. According to Ryan Hansen, each pin sits on a giant balljoint...so, I think it was just turned a little on that joint.

[johnpyejr.]

Am I missing something here? ALL RAPTOR 2 ENGINES COMPLETING FULL DURATION BURNS. All engines worked as expected including the reignite. That is also something worth mentioning.

[BabyMakR]

14:55 the initial plan didn't take into account that an SLS to launch it would actually cost more than $2B. Compared to $150M for a fully expended Falcon heavy.

[OrbitalTactics]

WAY TO GO on the impressive coverage so far, Felix! The whole team continues to impress!

[jeffsanders]

I drove down Route 50 from Wedgefield at 85 mph to catch the Falcon Heavy launch, but I hit traffic. I made it to the Cumberland Farms at he end of the road in Titusville just as it launched. I got to pretty much see it all. So awesome!