Well folks, it’s time for Starship IFT-6! Another booster RTLS and chopsticks catch attempt, as well as the first in-space Raptor relight attempt.

Scheduled for (UTC) 2024-11-19 22:00
Scheduled for (local) 2024-11-19 16:00 (CDT)
Launch Window (UTC) 2024-11-19 22:00 to 2024-11-19 22:30 (30 minutes)
Launch site Pad A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
Booster B13
Ship S31
Booster landing Chopsticks catch at Pad A or soft water landing in Gulf of Mexico
Ship landing Indian Ocean

Webcasts

Stream Link
Space Affairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucEu075bgx0
Everyday Astronaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjDFirLcQDM
Spaceflight Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtmvbQDou4I
NASASpaceflight Stakeout stream, launch stream
LabPadre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdGJ5p4PP1M
The Launch Pad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSxOuFrqyks
VideoFromSpace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7cM90N-CDc
SpaceX https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1857841326542434339
The Space Devs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpyWcPuepV8

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 4th Starship Full Stack launch this year

☑️ 6th Starship Full Stack launch overall

☑️ 119th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 431st SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)

☑️ 4th launch from Pad A this year

☑️ 37 days, 9:35:00 turnaround for this pad

Mission Details 🚀

Highlights from Elon

The objectives for Starship Flight 6 are:

  1. Restart of Raptor engines in vacuum.
  2. Daylight landing of the ship.
  3. Higher peak heating (steeper) reentry.
  4. Faster/harder booster catch.

There are thousands of small design changes also being tested.

Link to Starship Dev thread