🚀 SpaceX Starship Flight 9 - Full Mission Recap & Analysis
On May 28, 2025, SpaceX launched its ninth integrated Starship flight from Starbase, Texas. This video covers everything you need to know: from the successful SECO milestone, to hot staging, coast phase experiments, payload door issues, fuel leaks, and the controlled destruction of both Ship 35 and Booster 14-2.🌌 Key Highlights:
- Ship 35 reaches SECO for the first time in program history ✅
- Hot staging maneuver visually confirmed 🔥
- Booster 14-2 performs a high-angle re-entry and engine-out landing test 🧪
- Payload bay door failure prevents Starlink simulator deployment 📡
- Ship 35 enters uncontrolled re-entry and demises over the Indian Ocean 🌍
- Massive data collection to inform future Block 3 vehicles 🚀
📊 Flight Hardware:
- 🚀 Booster: 14-2 (Block 2, final flight)
- 🛰 Ship: 35 (Block 2, first and only flight)
- 🔥 Engines: 33 Raptors on Booster, 6 on Ship
- 🧊 Propellant Load: ~4,600 metric tons
🌍 Learn how Flight 9 fits into SpaceX’s long-term vision of making life multiplanetary and achieving full rocket reusability. Get expert commentary, mission insights, and technical breakdowns of what went right—and what didn’t.📺 Subscribe for more Starship coverage, SpaceX launches, and real-time analysis!#SpaceX #Starship #Flight9 #SECO #BoosterDestruction #Starbase #ElonMusk #RaptorEngines #SpaceXLaunch #SpaceExploration #ReusableRocket #HotStaging #FutureOfSpaceflight