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SpaceX Starship Booster Catch: Watch from different angles [Video]
SpaceX has achieved a major milestone with the Starship booster catch and you can relive this event by watching this scene from different angles.
Wide View
This was the first clip from SpaceX’s coverage of the Starship 5 booster catch.
Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! pic.twitter.com/6R5YatSVJX
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024
The company also published a slow-motion video of the entire landing burn and catch from an ultra-wide view.
Starship’s fifth flight test lifted off with our most ambitious test objectives yet as we work to demonstrate techniques fundamental to Starship and Super Heavy’s fully and rapidly reusable design.
And on our first try, Mechazilla caught the booster → https://t.co/hibmw2lVv1 pic.twitter.com/2KFm88fQPf
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024
Wide Front
This view of the booster landing shows the launch tower’s front and how the first stage corrected its course right after the chopsticks movement.
Thousands of distinct vehicle and pad criteria had to be met prior to catching the Super Heavy booster. Thanks to the tireless work of SpaceX engineers, we succeeded with catch on our first attempt. pic.twitter.com/6wa5v6xHI0
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024
Tower Views
SpaceX published two videos captured from Mechazilla, one shows a static view of tower chopsticks and the second is a follow-up of the booster as it fires the final burn with three center Raptor engines.
Tower view of the first Super Heavy booster catch pic.twitter.com/Bgjeyuw7Hf
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 14, 2024
The final phase of Super Heavy’s landing burn used the three center Raptor engines to precisely steer into catch position pic.twitter.com/BxQbOmT4yk
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 14, 2024
Booster’s Onboard Camera
The first stage recorded the landing view as it maintained trajectory to the catch tower and sat over chopsticks.
Onboard view showing a catch fitting on Super Heavy as it contacts a chopstick catch beam pic.twitter.com/r1TVQEdITc
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 14, 2024
Footage from Mexico
Users on X shared footage of a Super Heavy catch from Mexico captured from a far distance.
ASÍ SE VIO EL ATERRIZAJE DEL SUPER HEAVY BOOSTER DESDE MÉXICO
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Video original. pic.twitter.com/uJ7psicBRB
— Jona C. (@elfamosisimoJON) October 15, 2024
Here’s footage from Kimbal Musk, as the rocket enters from the right corner and fires a landing burn, and then is caught by the tower. This last clip is quite epic due to its angles and its length.
Booster starts in top right corner. Watch to the end. Sound on pic.twitter.com/jS70tHLNcr
— 𝙺𝚒𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚔 🤠 (@kimbal) October 13, 2024