SpaceX is re-attempting the Flight 8 Starship launch test (IFT-8) today.
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/7xtpEud6G9
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 4, 2025
3rd Party Live-Stream (YouTube)
Live Updates
- SpaceX is all geared up for today’s launch
- Super Heavy Booster catch will be attempted according to the pre-defined trajectory and paths
- Range and weather are green signal
- Weather is great at Starbase, Texas today for flight
- Propellant load is about to complete, 11 million pounds of propellant on both stages combined
- No holds at T-40 seconds
- No more holds
- Liftoff successful
- 33 our of 33 Raptor engines ignited
- MaxQ achieved
- Stage separation confirmed
- Super Heavy booster is on the return trajectory
- Starship upper stage is in coasting stage
- Next step: Hot-staging ring jettison
- Booster 15 caught successfully by the launch tower Chopsticks
- SpaceX is losing attitude control of the upper stage ship
- Starship upper stage Ship 34 has lost several engines and attitude control
- SpaceX has lost contact with the Flight 8 upper stage Ship 34 (not receving anymore telemetry)
- SpaceX has lost the Flight 8 Starship upper stage in this test (confirmed)
- SpaceX has now debris control in place as in Flight 7 it dropped in various geographical areas
- SpaceX to start investigation into the loss of the Starship and report causes later
Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! pic.twitter.com/JFeJSdnQ5x
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 6, 2025
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 live-stream recordings and live text updates (now archived) from Thursday, 6th March 2025 (successful liftoff but upper stage lost).){kind=link}