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Watch how a SpaceX Starship and its Super Heavy booster launches in slow motion and the flight in real-time.
Also the Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly in slow motion.

Footage courtesy SpaceX | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

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00:00TALES
00:01TALES
00:01TALES
00:01TALES
00:01TALES
00:02TALES
00:03Let's go.
01:08Let's go.
01:33Let's go.
02:09Let's go.
02:15Let's go.
02:18Let's go.
02:19We're throttled down and throttled back up.
02:24Going through the period of maximum aerodynamic pressure.
02:27Let's go.
02:34As the velocity increases, the density of the atmosphere is decreasing.
02:38Max Q.
02:39Lessening stress on the vehicle.
02:40The call-out makes Q now.
02:50Continuing to watch the first stage as we head downrange.
03:00100 seconds into flight.
03:05Our next major activity is going to be set down of the first stage.
03:09The Houston Tracking Station now acquiring the vehicle.
03:13With shutdown, we will get separation of Starship and Super Heavy and ignition of the Starship engines.
03:20When Starship separates, we light up six engines in the staggered sequence.
03:25If all goes well, those six engines will burn for almost six and a half minutes.
03:30On-board view from Starship.
03:35And there's views of the Raptor engines on the second stage as we prepare for stage separation.
03:41Now, after stage separation, the first stage will flip and begin a boost back maneuver for landing in the Gulf.
03:59Continuing to fly.
04:00Two minutes, 40 seconds.
04:02Let's get ready for main engine cutoff.
04:09Beginning the flip for stage separation.
04:42As of right now, we are awaiting stage separation.
04:48Where Starship should separate from the Super Heavy booster.
04:55Yeah, Kate, right now it looks like we saw the start of the flip, but obviously we're seeing from the
05:01ground cameras
05:01the entire Starship stack continuing to rotate.
05:04We should have had separation by now.
05:06Obviously, this does not appear to be a nominal situation.
05:11Yeah, it does appear to be spinning, but I do want to remind everyone that everything after clearing the tower
05:18was icing on the cake was icing on the cake.
05:48The Starship meets the main one at the end of the TIFF range.
05:54And we have to wait until the coastline.
05:56During the end of the train, we have to wait until the front of the ship is ready to head.
06:00In the end of the train, we have to wait until the end of the train-up.
06:11And we are waiting until the lift also comes.
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