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Ship 29 single engine static fire, to simulate single engine re-start for IFT-4 orbital flight test. This is required to demonstrate ability to do a retro burn, before the first Ship upper stage can do a circularization of its orbit.

Another Starlink launch, another precision-guided hypersonic re-entry and landing of a Falcon 9 booster.

"On Monday, March 25 at 7:42 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida."

"This was the eighth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-6, SES O3b mPOWER, USSF-124, and now five Starlink missions."

Second OLM tower sections being assembled at Starbase, TX.

First re-entry attempt by a SpaceX Starship upper stage.

Mach 25 re-entry heat shield tiles of Ship 28, and its engine bay with 3 sea level Raptors, and 3 vacuum Raptors.

IFT-3 orbital test flight is scheduled NET March 14, 2024.

0700 CST 0800 EST

Trajectory for IFT-3. Scheduled for NET 14 March, 2024. 0700 CST 0800 EST.

First launch attempt for IFT-3 orbital flight test has now been scheduled for NLT 0730 CST, 0830 EST, March 14, 2024.

Livestream at X link (if you have an X acct): twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1LyxB

Jim Murphy's concept of a Crew Starship people tank, compared against Ship 28's payload section. The three passenger decks are shown with launch, boarding, and sleep/cruise modes.

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