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mmaunder01/16/20254 repliesview on HN

Anyone care to give the non spacey folks like me the highlights of this launch?


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why_at01/16/2025

It's similar to last time if you saw that, the first stage will come back towards the launch site and they will try to catch it with the landing tower chopsticks, while the second stage does a soft landing in the ocean after going halfway around the earth.

As far as new stuff, they are trying to deploy some simulated satellites from the second stage and will try to relight one of the engines.

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AnotherGoodName01/16/2025

Preparing to launch 4:37pm CT (~45mins after this comment)

First 10mins watching gets you to space with engine shutdown.

38mins after launch engine turns back on. 10mins after that reentry starts. 1:06 after launch is the landing.

I think that covers it.

thisiscrazy2k01/16/2025

Space X has failed after 3 billion US tax payer dollars to take a banana into low earth orbit. Needless to say we aren't going to Mars last year watching a woman in a long dress floating in the cargo bay behind a curtain of glass windows playing a violin for entertaining the dozens of astronaut's which don't have space for food, water, belongings or life support.

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qup01/16/2025

You mean like later after it happens?