WATCH STARSHIP IFT-4 - LIVE Commentary With Spaceflight Now

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[MrKellymcilrath]

Thank you Lab Padre for your live coverage of Starships IFT-4. Also I want to thank all of your staff that makes all of this posable every day, Thank you!!!!

[mikek.]

Absolutely AWESOME to watch! CONGRATULATIONS

[jillclegg]

Thanks to Lab and the whole crew! Best show ever ever & commentary 👏 👌. Will make the best update too!

[antonymay]

I HOPE Burt & Ernie kept their hair on during & after the launch. They are survivors & have a front row seat... brave Burt & Ernie! They could tell a story!

[jamesblanton]

Been waiting for this day since Feb 20 1962 Friend Ship VII launch.A little 7 year old boy sat in front of his T.V waiting to be amazed.

[roastedlemon]

1:44:13 liftoff, watch until T+9 :30
2:29:09 plasma starts
2:40:20 flap melting, watch 6 mins
2:47:00 signal regained
3:05:19 altitude 0.

[oldtimer]

Thank you Marcus House, I had heard about LabPadre in videos but never looked… now I’ve subscribed and hope to watch many more launches 🚀

[qwerty]

All the times were marginally off because the missing raptor made for a slower ascent. If you watch it compared to IFT-3, it was going more than 200km/h slower than IFT-3 when IFT-3 had stage separation. IFT-4 waited until it got going the same speed before stage separation, which obviously took longer.

[whatsupcats]

Great coverage LAB Padre, work staff watch it from Port Isabel on the computer and outside. 🤙🤙✌✌

[WG-tthk]

If #5 is an RTLS mission, I will be down there to see it. I went down to see #1.

[Virnik]

Awesome success. Gratz!

I assume that some work will be done on those flaps before trying next steps, but still....awesome.

[lasherth]

Drone boat cam of touchdown would be awesome

[aco]

I keep seeing people say that superheavy booster enters the atmosphere at a higher speed than F9 but that's not true at all. Super heavy is going slower compared to most F9 re-entries.

[DanielRichards]

Remember, they said long ago that the flaps where bigger then they needed to be, this clearly proved that.
Would love to see images of the ship in the water.

[gordonpromish]

fantastic test flight.
congratulations to everyone involved!

I assume that, if the ship remained intact, those huge and empty fuel tanks will render it buoyant and, thus, recoverable.

[Marc_Gagné]

Time to get back to work at perfecting Starship 5.

[Bananaskin]

i wonder if they will add an overlap to the flap joint to stop the plasma/hot gases getting inside

[SiemensSchuckert]

Will the Starship land unbroken
By and by, by and by?
Is a better home awaiting
In the sky, in the sky?

[ThisIS_Insane]

Thanks LabPadre for the coverage, and Well done, SPACEX! 🚀🚀🛰🛰🚀🚀🛰🛰🚀🚀

[scottbaker]

Vehicle recovery??? They hit the oceans just after 0kmph !