Let's Watch the Launch of Starship SN11 [UPDATE - EXPLODED]
Elon Musk's next spacecraft prototype, Starship SN11, is scheduled to launch today. Will everything go according to plan this time? Check the broadcast schedule.
Update
All indications are that unfortunately SN11, too, has exploded. It happened most probably during the approach to landing. Dense fog made it very difficult to observe, but during the transmission we could see a sudden flash of orange light and a few seconds after that fragments of the prototype started hitting the ground around the launch platform. Elon Musk did not fail to comment on another SpaceX rocket explosion:
A video in which you can hear the rumble of the explosion:
Original message
Elon Musk's Starship program hasn't had much luck so far. Almost all of the spacecraft prototypes to date have not completed the test flight as planned. Only the last flight of SN10 went without any major problems. It even managed to land, but only to explode a few minutes later. This time, Starship SN11's turn is up, and its task is to reach an altitude of 10 km, and then safely touch down. The launch is scheduled for March 30, 2021, and the transmission begins already at 6 am PT. Will we avoid an unscheduled disassembly of the ship this time?
Previously, the launch was already planned for March 26, but due to unfavorable weather conditions it was postponed to March 29. However, it was postponed again one day later. The reason? An FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) inspector failed to arrive at the site, as Musk announced on Twitter (and as Internet users commented on in their usual manner):
Let's hope everything goes according to plan this time and the Starship SN11 prototype does its job without exploding on us.
