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Starship 4/20
4/20
Recorded
First integrated Starship flight test. 20 April 2023. Starbase, Texas.
IFT-1 lifted at 8:33:09 a. m. CT on 20 April 2023, 13:33:09 UTC. The calendar is 4/20. Moon printed 4°20′ Taurus at 12:05 UT, 07:05 Austin. Eighty-eight minutes before liftoff. SpaceX and Reuters keep the day.
What it supports
A dated flight. SpaceX: 8:33 a. m. CT. Astro-Seek Moon return: 4°20′ Taurus, 20 April 2023, 12:05 UT. Node 4°20′ Taurus is the next day, 21 April 20:31 UT. Fast Moon. Slow Node. Two bodies.
What it does not
Not engine count 42. That is a later V4 sentence. Not a successful orbit. Not identity of Moon and Node.
ExactnessAuthored use
Form420
Unitdate
Strengthhard
When2023-04-20