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Thanks to a last minute slip due to high winds, the almost impossible happens and a test flight for Starship happens on the same day as the Blue Origin New Glen rockets first flight. This isnt SpaceX screwing with Bezos, its NG that's slipping NG will land its much larger first stage on a boat similar to Falcon 9. Or try, it took SpaceX a few tries to get that landing dialed in.
So when you wake up Monday morning, you should hear what happened to it, since it's launch window is 1am to 3am EST.
Starship is due for a 5pm est launch with and expected booster catch minutes after. 35-45 minutes into flight, it will attempt to open the Pez Dispenser doors and launch six mass simulators of the V3 Starlink sats, which will follow Starship into reentry, then 45-55 minutes after launch, the Ship itself will reenter and land some hundreds of miles off the coast of Australia. NASA has an observation aircraft there already, and a small fleet of ships have left port apparently headed to stand b y outside the landing zone. Speculation is that if they judge it safe, they might attempt a tow back to land.
So when you wake up Monday morning, you should hear what happened to it, since it's launch window is 1am to 3am EST.
Starship is due for a 5pm est launch with and expected booster catch minutes after. 35-45 minutes into flight, it will attempt to open the Pez Dispenser doors and launch six mass simulators of the V3 Starlink sats, which will follow Starship into reentry, then 45-55 minutes after launch, the Ship itself will reenter and land some hundreds of miles off the coast of Australia. NASA has an observation aircraft there already, and a small fleet of ships have left port apparently headed to stand b y outside the landing zone. Speculation is that if they judge it safe, they might attempt a tow back to land.