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Space Force tracking data for the NAOS launch confirms successful launch to 1033 LTDN sun sync orbit, with NAOS and two Pelicans in 458 x 464 km orbit and LEAP-1, Capella, Firefly 4 to 6 in 595 x 603 km orbit.

Starbase activities (2025-08-26):

• Aug 25th cryo delivery tally. (ViX 1, ViX 2)
• mcrs987 highlights a video of the methane diffuser failure during Flight 9. (useful red circle)
• Rhin0 posts a raptor tracking diagram for the previous week.
• Road closures are posted for "flight activity" Aug 27th from 11:00 to 22:00 and from Aug 28th 14:00 to Aug 29th 03:00. Presumably these will go unused.
• "Starship V4 will have 42 engines when 3 more Raptors are added to a significantly longer ship. That will fly in 2027. Starship V3 is a massive upgrade from the current V2 and should be through production and testing by end of year, with heavy flight activity next year." (Elon)

Flight 10:

• Road is closed. (BocaRoad)
• 16:03: Vessels Ashton T and Brian T are in position to support offshore operations. (Cornwell)
• 17:00: The vessel Offshore Supplier is operating in the Indian Ocean at the planned splashdown site. (Cornwell)
• 18:30: Liftoff! (SpaceX, NSF, D Wise, Gisler)
• T+01:33, Raptor engine R-41 in position E8 (middle ring) shuts down prematurely. ((Timestamped video, engine layout from Rhin0)
• T+02:43: Norminal MECO, hot staging, boostback burn. (SpaceX, NSF)
• T+06:17: Booster landing burn seemed to go to plan. (SpaceX, NSF)
• T+16:57: Payload door opens. (NSF)
• T+19:05: Successful payload deploy of all eight Starlink simulators. (SpaceX, NSF)
• T+37:54: Successful in-space raptor relight. (SpaceX, NSF)
• Ship maintains attitude during reentry. (SpaceX, NSF 1, NSF 2)
• T+46:59: Partial structural failure of something in the aft skirt. (NSF, Golden)
• Minor damage to aft end of aft flaps. (NSF, Hansen)
• T+1:00:03: Aft flaps are stress-tested. (NSF)
• T+1:06:17: Norminal landing burn and on-target splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The windward side of the ship turned a toasty orange-brown colour. (SpaceX, NSF, Golden, Anderson)
• Jonathan McDowell calculates (sub)orbital parameters: 192 km apogee, perigee somewhere between -2 to +10 km. (McDowell 1, McDowell 2)

Splashdown confirmed!

Landing burn startup!

Starship is transonic.

Starship has passed through peak heating.

I see some hotspots at the aft end of the aft flaps.

Edit: Still seems to be holding for now.

Reentry has started.

Some damage has been observed to the aft skirt, but ship attitude still looks good.

Raptor ignition, shutdown, and nominal orbit insertion confirmed.

All eight Starlink simulator deployments confirmed!

Next up, Raptor in-space relight demo at T+00:37:33.

Edit: Payload door has closed.

The first two Starlink simulators have been deployed!

The payload door has opened!

Ship looks like it is maintaining attitude control.

Payload deploy test scheduled for T+18:27.

SECO and nominal orbit insertion confirmed!

Booster landing burn and splashdown!

Hotstaging adapter jettison confirmed.

MECO, stage separation, ship engine ignition, and boostback burn!

Ship engines looking good.

Passed through Max-Q. All booster engines look healthy.

Edit: One engine out on the middle ring.

Liftoff!

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1960471831099625678

Propellant load of Starship’s upper stage is now underway

https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1960476319516426254

Propellant load of the Super Heavy booster is underway