Launch And Landing of SpaceX's SN15 Starship Suborbital Flight. No Commentary (Clean Audio).

Launch of SpaceX's SN15 Starship Suborbital Flight. No commentary (with clean audio). Video edited to remove periods of signal loss.
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Launched late in the day on May 5, 2021 into a dense low cloud ceiling, SN15 was finally able to accomplish what none of its predecessors were able to; complete the entire 10km test flight regimen and stick the soft rocket propulsive landing without blowing up.

SN15 incorporated many improvements following the prior launch and mid-air destruction of its predecessor, SN11. Specifically, the SpaceX team noted the following: "SN15 has vehicle improvements across structures, avionics and software, and the engines that will allow more speed and efficiency throughout production and flight: specifically, a new enhanced avionics suite, updated propellant architecture in the aft skirt, and a new Raptor engine design and configuration."

Starship is the proposed second-stage of a fully reusable earth to orbit launch system that would significantly reduce the high cost of orbital launches and enable the eventual settlement of Mars.

The Starship is itself only a second stage. It is to be launched above a Starship Heavy Booster. As envisioned, the Heavy Booster will return to earth and land vertically in the manner of current SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets. The second stage Starship however, will be able to reach orbit with sufficient fuel to deorbit and reland using a novel aerobraking mechanism whereby it reorients into a horizontal inclination during atmospheric reentry with the use of its four flaps, raptor engines and cold gas thrusters. Just prior to landing, it reverts to a vertical orientation, reignite its engines at the final moment to decelerate to touch down vertically.

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