SpaceX is all prepared to launch the Starship into space for the 8th time.
Get the latest live text updates below and you can also watch the official and 3rd-party live-streams below as well.
Official SpaceX Live-Stream
Watch Starship's eighth flight test → https://t.co/alyJTRtgTh https://t.co/hlpEF4ICyT
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 2, 2025
3rd Party Live-Stream (YouTube)
Live Updates (Scrub Archive)
- SpaceX stacked the upper stage Starship 33 on Booster 15 just this morning (less than 24 hours before the launch test)
- Fully integrated Flight 8 Starship is loading propellant at the Starbase, Texas launch site (T -25 minutes and counting)
- IFT-8 launch and landing test includes the catch of the Super Heavy Booster 15 and Ship 33’s soft splashdown testing in the Indian Ocean
- Around 8 minutes remaining in T-40 seconds mark
- SpaceX is working on one issue in the background
- Flight 8 Starship has been further upgraded to stay integrated in space and does not end with a RUD like the Flight 7 Starship (Ship 33)
- 4 mins 30 seconds to go for launch, still looking good
- Propellant load completed on the rocket booster and the upper stage ship
- Combined 11 million pounds of Liquid Oxygen+Methane (MethaLOX) on both stages
- After T-40 seconds, SpaceX hold the counter for various reasons
- Less than 2 minutes remaining in Flight 8 launch test (IFT-8)
- T-40 seconds, troubleshooting begins
- The issue on Booster 15 is cleared
- If SpaceX isn’t able to catch the booster, it will landed in the Gulf of Mexico for a soft splashdown landing
- Holding at T-40 seconds for troubleshooting issues on the upper stage
- SpaceX is going to hold for a few more minutes before announcing a scrub or launch
- 30 seconds to go for launch
- Another hold
- A few more troubleshooting steps to go before a final launch attempt decision
- If Starship Flight 8 is scrubbed today, the propellant will be off-loaded
- SpaceX scrubs the Flight 8 Starship launch today
- No liftoff today
- Flight 8 re-attempt can happen as soon as tomorrow (within 24 hours)
- Stay tuned for the next launch opportunity
- SpaceX is currently emptying propellant (de-tanking) from the booster and the ship (this process can take more than 1 hour)
- Weather was also foggy today at Starbase
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Excited to see the updates on Starship Flight 8! Looking forward to the live stream.