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Starship Flight Profile
Starship flight profile
Starship flight profile
An animated diagram of a Starship flight, in order: super heavy engine start, launch, ascent, hot staging, starship ascent, starship engine cutoff, flip maneuver, orbital insertion burn, boostback burn, starlink deploy, orbital coast phase, deorbit burn, landing burn and catch, starship entry, landing burn and catch.
SUPER HEAVY
ENGINE START
LAUNCH
ASCENT
HOT STAGING
STARSHIP ASCENT
STARSHIP
ENGINE CUTOFF
FLIP
MANEUVER
ORBITAL
INSERTION
BURN
BOOSTBACK
BURN
STARLINK
DEPLOY
ORBITAL
COAST PHASE
DEORBIT
BURN
LANDING
BURN
AND CATCH
STARSHIP
ENTRY
LANDING
BURN
AND CATCH