The third stacked Starship and Booster launch happened today. We await Scott Manley's verdict but:
a) Clean from launch to booster separation to entry into space;
b) First boost back burn on Booster was okay but seemed to have control and had engine issues during second burn ending in a plummet;
c) Coast phase and engine shut down clean during Starship orbit; tiles looked largely intact - much better than last time, and looked to be working well during re-entry although they appeared to be coming off in a shower while the angle of attack was being found;
d) Starship appeared to be rotating and didn't seem to be fully under control during re-entry;
e) It lasted a very long time during this burn - is this the first time the plasma flow has been transmitted live? It's a wonder it didn't RUD sooner given non-shielded portions of the ship were being exposed to the heat during the roll. Great advertisement for Starlink. They must have gotten a lot of data from it.
f) The cargo bay door jammed during testing and may have complicated things
g) Wonder what the pad looked like after this second launch post-improvement.
h) They've a bunch of these in stock, what will the FAA say? Can we have another go in a fortnight?
Isn't it amazing that a 119m (36 storey) launch system has put a 50m (15 storey) tall and 9m wide vehicle into space? The Capital Dock in Dublin is Ireland's tallest building. It's a 22 storey, 79m building - just for scale. It's no wonder that there are new dynamic pressures on the control surfaces at supersonic speeds. CNN are trying to talk it down but it's an astonishing feat.
Here's a video of the launch. SpaceX is making inexorable progress.