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| group names = Loss before landing : Loss on landing : Loss after landing : Success (tethered) : Success (untethered) |
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|27 August 2019 |
|27 August 2019 22:00<ref name="nsf20190826">{{cite web |last=Baylor |first=Michael |date=27 August 2019 |title=SpaceX's Starhopper completes 150 meter test hop |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/08/faa-spacexs-starhopper-hop/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202121340/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/08/faa-spacexs-starhopper-hop/ |archive-date=2 December 2019 |access-date=27 August 2019 |website=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="space">{{cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=27 August 2019 |title=SpaceX Starhopper Rocket Prototype Aces Highest (and Final) Test Flight |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starhopper-aces-final-test-launch-landing.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202084748/https://www.space.com/spacex-starhopper-aces-final-test-launch-landing.html |archive-date=2 December 2019 |access-date=29 August 2019 |website=[[Space.com]]}}</ref> |
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|''Starhopper'' |
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|Suborbital Launch Site |
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|4 August 2020 |
|4 August 2020 23:57<ref name="SN5hopTeslarati">{{cite web|url=https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-sn5-hop-debut-success-mars/|title=SpaceX Starship leaps towards Mars with picture-perfect hop debut|last=Ralph|first=Eric|publisher=Teslarati|date=4 August 2020|access-date=4 August 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805210340/https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starship-sn5-hop-debut-success-mars/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nasaspaceflight_sn5_2020">{{cite news |last1=Baylor |first1=Michael |date=3 August 2020 |title=Starship SN5 conducts successful 150-meter flight test |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/starship-sn5-set-150-meter-flight-test/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201174033/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/starship-sn5-set-150-meter-flight-test/ |archive-date=1 February 2021 |access-date=20 March 2021 |work=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]]}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN5 and SN6|Starship SN5]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN5 and SN6|Starship SN5]] |
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|Suborbital Pad A |
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|3 September 2020 |
|3 September 2020 17:47<ref name="nasaspaceflight_sn6_2020" /> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN5 and SN6|Starship SN6]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN5 and SN6|Starship SN6]] |
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|Suborbital Pad A |
|Suborbital Pad A |
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|9 December 2020 |
|9 December 2020 22:45<ref>{{cite web |title=NOTAM |url=https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_0092.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208232603/https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_0092.html |archive-date=8 December 2020 |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN8 and SN9|Starship SN8]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN8 and SN9|Starship SN8]] |
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|Suborbital Pad A |
|Suborbital Pad A |
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|2 February 2021 |
|2 February 2021 20:25<ref name="edayastro-SN9-hop">{{cite web |last=Cotton |first=Ethan |date=24 January 2021 |title=Starship SN9: 10 kilometer flight |url=https://everydayastronaut.com/starship-sn9-10-km-test-flight/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321151242/https://everydayastronaut.com/starship-sn9-10-km-test-flight/ |archive-date=21 March 2021 |access-date=1 February 2021 |website=[[Everyday Astronaut]]}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN8 and SN9|Starship SN9]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN8 and SN9|Starship SN9]] |
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|Suborbital Pad B |
|Suborbital Pad B |
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|3 March 2021 |
|3 March 2021 23:15<ref name="EAstroSN10">{{cite web |last1=Cotton |first1=Ethan |date=22 February 2021 |title=When will SN10 launch? Live Updates |url=https://everydayastronaut.com/sn10-launch-live-updates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221202939/https://everydayastronaut.com/sn10-launch-live-updates/ |archive-date=21 February 2021 |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=[[Everyday Astronaut]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="nextSN10">{{cite web |last1=Baylor |first1=Michael |title=Starship SN10 History |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205182810/https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/hardware/14 |archive-date=5 February 2021 |access-date=28 February 2021 |website=[[Next Spaceflight]]}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN10–SN14|Starship SN10]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN10–SN14|Starship SN10]] |
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|Suborbital Pad A |
|Suborbital Pad A |
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|30 March 2021 |
|30 March 2021 13:00<ref name="YTHAFT">{{cite AV media |date=30 March 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjCSJIAKEPM |title=Starship {{!}} SN11 {{!}} High-Altitude Flight Test |publisher=[[SpaceX]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217135639/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjCSJIAKEPM |archive-date=17 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN10–SN14|Starship SN11]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN10–SN14|Starship SN11]] |
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|Suborbital Pad B |
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|5 May 2021 |
|5 May 2021 22:24<ref>{{cite web |last=Wall |first=Mike |date=5 May 2021 |title=SpaceX launches Starship SN15 rocket and sticks the landing in high-altitude test flight |url=https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn15-launch-landing-success |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506104615/https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-sn15-launch-landing-success |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=6 May 2021 |website=[[Space.com]] |publisher=}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN15–SN19|Starship SN15]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#SN15–SN19|Starship SN15]] |
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|Suborbital Pad A |
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! Launch outcomes || 2023 || 2024 || 2025 || Total |
! Launch outcomes || 2023 || 2024 || 2025 || Total |
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| Success || 0 || 2 || 0 || '''2''' |
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| height = 200 |
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| stack = 1 |
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| group 3 = 0: |
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| x legends = 2023 : 2024 : 2025 |
| x legends = 2023 : 2024 : 2025 |
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| group 5 = 0:1:0 <!-- Success (splashdown) --> |
| group 5 = 0:1:0 <!-- Success (splashdown) --> |
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| group 6 = 0:0:0 <!-- Success (tower catch) --> |
| group 6 = 0:0:0 <!-- Success (tower catch) --> |
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| colors = |
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| group names = Precluded : Loss before landing : Loss on landing : Partial failure : Success (splashdown) : Success (tower catch) |
| group names = Precluded : Loss before landing : Loss on landing : Partial failure : Success (splashdown) : Success (tower catch) |
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| colors = black : |
| colors = black : darkred : #d40000 : goldenrod : forestgreen : darkgreen |
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| group names = Precluded : Loss before landing : Loss on landing : Partial failure : Success (splashdown) : Success (tower catch) |
| group names = Precluded : Loss before landing : Loss on landing : Partial failure : Success (splashdown) : Success (tower catch) |
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! scope="col" |Flight |
! scope="col" |Flight |
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! scope="col" |Date and time <br />([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) |
! scope="col" |Date and time <br />([[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]) |
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! scope="col" |[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)|Spacecraft]], [[SpaceX Super Heavy|booster]] |
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! scope="col" |Vehicles |
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! scope="col" |Launch site |
! scope="col" |Launch site |
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! scope="col" |Orbit |
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! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 1|IFT-1]] |
! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 1|IFT-1]] |
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|20 April 2023 |
|20 April 2023<br/>13:33:09 |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ship 24 and Ship 25|Ship 24]]/[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B7-B8|Booster 7]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ship 24 and Ship 25|Ship 24]]<br/>[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B7-B8|Booster 7]] |
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|[[SpaceX Starbase|Starbase]] [[SpaceX Starbase#Orbital Launch Mount A|Orbital Pad A]] |
|[[SpaceX Starbase|Starbase]] [[SpaceX Starbase#Orbital Launch Mount A|Orbital Pad A]] |
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|[[Transatmospheric orbit|Transatmospheric]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Starship Flight Test |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI |access-date=2023-04-20 |
|[[Transatmospheric orbit|Transatmospheric]]<ref>{{Citation |title=Starship Flight Test |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI |access-date=2023-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420191532/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI |archive-date=20 April 2023 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |
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|00:03:59{{Efn|name=Vehicle loss}} |
|00:03:59{{Efn|name=Vehicle loss}} |
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|{{ |
|{{No2|Failure <br/><small>(SpaceX declared success)</small>}} |
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|{{N/a|Precluded}} |
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! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 2|IFT-2]] |
! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 2|IFT-2]] |
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|18 November 2023 |
|18 November 2023<br/>13:02:50<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1723153469673283850 |user=SpaceX |title=Watch Starship's Second Flight Test |author-link=SpaceX |access-date=2023-11-16 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117192115/https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1723153469673283850 |archive-date=17 November 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Starship's second flight test |url=https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121034547/https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-2 |archive-date=21 November 2023 |access-date=2023-11-11 |website=SpaceX |language=en}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ship 24 and Ship 25|Ship 25]]<br/>[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B9-B12|Booster 9]] |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ship 24 and Ship 25|Ship 25]]/[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B9-B12|Booster 9]]<ref>{{cite tweet |number=1662251874936934400 |user=SpaceX |title=Another step closer to Mars — the first flight test of a fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket |author-link=SpaceX |access-date=2023-05-27 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603150519/https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1662251874936934400 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Starship - First Integrated Flight Test - Recap |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_krgcofiM6M&t=125s |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=YouTube |language=en |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528132415/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_krgcofiM6M&t=125s |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|Starbase Orbital Pad A |
|Starbase Orbital Pad A |
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|[[Transatmospheric orbit|Transatmospheric]] |
|[[Transatmospheric orbit|Transatmospheric]] |
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|00:08:55{{Efn|name=Vehicle loss}} |
|00:08:55{{Efn|name=Vehicle loss}} |
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|{{ |
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|{{Failure}} |
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|{{N/a|Precluded}} |
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! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 3|IFT-3]] |
! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 3|IFT-3]] |
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|14 March 2024 |
|14 March 2024<br/>13:25:00<ref name="JSR">{{Cite web |last=McDowell |first=Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan McDowell |date=March 14, 2024 |title=Jonathan's Space Report No. 831 |url=https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/latest.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329001529/https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/latest.html |archive-date=29 March 2019 |access-date=March 14, 2024 |website=[[Jonathan's Space Report]]}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ships 28–32|Ship 28]]/[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B9-B12|Booster 10]] |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ships 28–32|Ship 28]]<br/>[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B9-B12|Booster 10]] |
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|Starbase Orbital Pad A<ref>{{Cite web |title=Starship-Super Heavy (Prototype) {{!}} Starship Flight 3 |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/NextSpaceflight.com/launches/details/7363 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Next Spaceflight |language=en}}</ref> |
|Starbase Orbital Pad A<ref>{{Cite web |title=Starship-Super Heavy (Prototype) {{!}} Starship Flight 3 |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/NextSpaceflight.com/launches/details/7363 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=Next Spaceflight |language=en}}</ref> |
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|[[Sub-orbital spaceflight|Suborbital]]<br> |
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| colspan="8" |The third integrated flight test of Starship included a full-duration burn of the second-stage engines, an internal propellant-transfer demonstration, and a test of the [[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Pez dispenser|Starlink "Pez" dispenser door]]. If the test sequence had progressed further, additional tests would have included an in-space relight followed by a hard splashdown of the ship in the [[Indian Ocean]], approximately 1 hour 4 minutes after launch. |
| colspan="8" |The third integrated flight test of Starship included a full-duration burn of the second-stage engines, an internal propellant-transfer demonstration, and a test of the [[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Pez dispenser|Starlink "Pez" dispenser door]]. If the test sequence had progressed further, additional tests would have included an in-space relight followed by a hard splashdown of the ship in the [[Indian Ocean]], approximately 1 hour 4 minutes after launch.<ref name="SpxIFT3review2">{{Cite web |title=Starship's Third Flight Test |url=https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306183144/https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-3 |archive-date=6 March 2024 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=SpaceX |language=en}}</ref> |
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The booster successfully propelled the spacecraft to staging, with 13 engines successfully ignited for a boostback burn, though 6 engines failed a few seconds before the end of the burn. However, several minutes later, during the landing burn ignition, only three engines ignited, and the booster was destroyed by unknown causes at an altitude of 462 meters above the ocean.<ref name="SpxIFT3review2" /> |
The booster successfully propelled the spacecraft to staging, with 13 engines successfully ignited for a boostback burn, though 6 engines failed a few seconds before the end of the burn. However, several minutes later, during the landing burn ignition, only three engines ignited, and the booster was destroyed by unknown causes at an altitude of 462 meters above the ocean.<ref name="SpxIFT3review2" /> |
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! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4|IFT-4]] |
! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4|IFT-4]] |
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|6 June 2024 |
|6 June 2024<br/>12:50:00 |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ships 28–32|Ship 29]]<br/>[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B9–B12|Booster 11]] |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ships 28–32|Ship 29]]/[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B9–B12|Booster 11]]<ref name="x20240202">{{Cite tweet |number=1753492142201475570 |user=SpaceX |title=Super Heavy boosters for the next three flights |author-link=SpaceX |date=February 2, 2024 |access-date=February 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202203026/https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1753492142201475570 |archive-date=2 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Citation |title=SpaceX Revving Up for Starship Flight 3: {{!}} Starbase Update |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlV8tNBSSs |access-date=2024-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129195457/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlV8tNBSSs |archive-date=29 January 2024 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite tweet |number=1765798484148428999 |user=NASASpaceflight |title=We are live with testing of Ship 29, which is the upper stage of the fourth Starship Flight Test. |first=Chris |last=Bergin |date=Mar 7, 2024 |access-date=Mar 7, 2024}}</ref> |
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|Starbase Orbital Pad A<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Starship-Super Heavy (Prototype) {{!}} Starship Flight 4 |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/NextSpaceflight.com/launches/details/7533 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}}</ref> |
|Starbase Orbital Pad A<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Starship-Super Heavy (Prototype) {{!}} Starship Flight 4 |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/NextSpaceflight.com/launches/details/7533 |access-date=2024-04-11 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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|[[Sub-orbital spaceflight|Suborbital]] |
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! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 5|IFT-5]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Starship |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/NextSpaceflight.com/starship/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}}</ref> |
! rowspan="2" |[[SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 5|IFT-5]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Starship |url=https://nextspaceflight.com/starship/NextSpaceflight.com/starship/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=nextspaceflight.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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|NET Late July 2024<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvBXUlwLQ08 |title=Looking Ahead To The Next Starship Flight ALREADY {{!}} Starbase Update |date=2024-06-10 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-06-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref> |
|NET Late July 2024<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvBXUlwLQ08 |title=Looking Ahead To The Next Starship Flight ALREADY {{!}} Starbase Update |date=2024-06-10 |last=NASASpaceflight |access-date=2024-06-10 |via=YouTube}}</ref> |
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|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ships_28–32|Ship 30]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Static fire of Flight 5 Starship’s six Raptor engines |url=https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1788310386846179345 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref>/[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B9–B12|Booster 12]]<ref name="x20240202" /><ref name=":2" /> |
|[[SpaceX Starship (spacecraft)#Ships_28–32|Ship 30]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Static fire of Flight 5 Starship’s six Raptor engines |url=https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1788310386846179345 |access-date=May 8, 2024 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref>/[[SpaceX Super Heavy#B9–B12|Booster 12]]<ref name="x20240202">{{Cite tweet |number=1753492142201475570 |user=SpaceX |title=Super Heavy boosters for the next three flights |author-link=SpaceX |date=February 2, 2024 |access-date=February 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202203026/https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1753492142201475570 |archive-date=2 February 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Citation |title=SpaceX Revving Up for Starship Flight 3: {{!}} Starbase Update |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlV8tNBSSs |access-date=2024-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129195457/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxlV8tNBSSs |archive-date=29 January 2024 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> |
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| colspan="6" |After the successful booster splashdown during IFT-4, Musk stated that SpaceX would attempt to catch B12 with the tower on Flight 5.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-08 |title=Starship booster makes soft landing in water, next landing will be caught by the tower arms |url=https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1799497454812844047 |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=X (formerly Twitter)}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
SpaceX Starship flight tests include fifteen launches to date of prototype rockets during 2019–2024 for the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle development program. Eleven test flights were of single-stage Starship spacecraft flying low-altitude tests (2019–2021),[a][1] while four were orbital trajectory flights of the entire Starship launch vehicle (2023–2024), consisting of a Starship spacecraft second-stage prototype atop a Super Heavy first-stage booster prototype.[2] None of the flights to date has carried an operational payload. Additional flight tests are planned in 2024.
Designed and operated by private manufacturer SpaceX, the prototype Starship and Super Heavy vehicles flown to date are Starhopper, SN5, SN6, SN8, SN9, SN10, SN11, SN15, Ship 24/B7, Ship 25/B9, Ship 28/B10, and Ship 29/B11.[3][4][5][b]
Starship is planned to be a fully-reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle,[6] and this affects expansion of the flight envelope during the long-running flight test program. Unusual for previous launch vehicle and spacecraft designs, the upper stage of Starship is intended to function both as a second stage to reach orbital velocity on launches from Earth, and also as a long-duration spacecraft.[7] It is being designed to take people to Mars and beyond into the Solar System.[8]
SpaceX calls the entire launch vehicle "Starship", which consists of the Super Heavy first-stage booster and the ambiguously named Starship second-stage.[9] To avoid confusion, "Starship" in this article on the flight testing phase (2019–2024) means the second-stage, while the complete launch vehicle will be referred by the particular prototype booster and ship serial number. For example, the integrated flight test 1 booster was Booster 7 (B7), the spacecraft was Ship 24 (S24), and the launch vehicle stack is referred to as Ship 24/Booster 7, or S24/B7.[10]
The first tests started with the construction of an initial flight prototype in 2018, Starhopper, which performed several static fire tests plus two successful low-altitude flights in 2019.[11] SpaceX began constructing the first full-size Starship Mk1 and Mk2 upper-stage prototypes before 2019, at the SpaceX facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, and Cocoa, Florida, respectively. After the Mk prototypes, SpaceX began naming its new Starship upper-stage prototypes with the prefix "SN", short for "serial number".[12] Around mid-2021, SpaceX changed their naming scheme from "SN" to "Ship", or simply "S," for Starship vehicles,[13] and from "BN" to "Booster," or simply "B," for Super Heavy boosters.[14]
Starship prototype tests can generally be classified into three main types. In proof pressure tests, the vehicle's tanks are pressurized with either gases or liquids to test their strength, sometimes deliberately until they burst (known as a test to failure). In a static fire test, SpaceX loads the vehicle prototype with propellant and briefly fires its engines while the vehicle does not move.[15] Alternatively, the engines' turbopump spinning can be tested without firing the engines, referred to as a spin prime test.[16] Before a test flight, the vehicle performs mission rehearsals, with or without propellants, to check the vehicle and ground infrastructure.
Following successful testing, uncrewed flight tests and launches may take place. During a sub-orbital launch, Starship prototypes fly to a high altitude and then descend, landing either near the launch site or in the sea. During an orbital launch, Starship performs procedures as described in its mission profile.[15]: 19–22 The tests, flights, and launches of the Starship rocket have received significant media coverage due to SpaceX's relatively open approach to allowing outsiders to view the facilities.[17]
Launch outcomes | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
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Success (tethered) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Success (untethered) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
Total | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
1
2
3
4
2019
2020
2021
Landing outcomes | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
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Loss before landing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Loss on landing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Loss after landing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Success (tethered) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Success (untethered) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
1
2
3
4
2019
2020
2021
Flight No. |
Date and time (UTC) |
Vehicles | Launch site[c] | Flight apogee | Duration (mm:ss) | Launch outcome | Landing outcome |
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- | 3 April 2019 | Starhopper | Suborbital Launch Site | <0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) | ~00:03 | Success | — |
The first firing of Starhopper and the first tethered hop (according to Musk[18][19]). The burn was a few seconds in duration and the vehicle was tethered to the ground. The vehicle may have lifted off the ground, but only to a very small height, and it was not possible to see the lift off in public video recordings of the test.[19][20] | |||||||
- | 5 April 2019 | Starhopper | Suborbital Launch Site | 1 m (3 ft 3 in) | ~00:05 | Success | — |
Tethered hop which hit tether limits.[21] | |||||||
1 | 25 July 2019[22] | Starhopper | Suborbital Launch Site | 20 m (66 ft)[23] | ~00:22 | Success | Success |
First free (untethered) flight test. | |||||||
2 | 27 August 2019 22:00[24][25] | Starhopper | Suborbital Launch Site | 150 m (490 ft)[24] | ~01:00[26] | Success | Success |
Starhopper was retired after this launch and used as a water tank at the production site.[24][27][28] | |||||||
3 | 4 August 2020 23:57[29][30] | Starship SN5 | Suborbital Pad A | 150 m (490 ft)[29] | ~00:45 | Success | Success |
Second 150-meter hop, and first hop of a full Starship prototype.[31][32] | |||||||
4 | 3 September 2020 17:47[33] | Starship SN6 | Suborbital Pad A | 150 m (490 ft)[34] | ~00:45 | Success | Success |
Third 150-meter hop, and second hop of a full Starship prototype.[33] | |||||||
5 | 9 December 2020 22:45[35] | Starship SN8 | Suborbital Pad A | 12.5 km (41,000 ft)[36] | 06:42 | Success | Failure |
First high-altitude flight test. Vehicle successfully launched, ascended, performed the skydive descent maneuver, relit the engines fueled from header tanks, and steered to the landing pad.[36][37] The flip maneuver from horizontal descent to vertical was successful, but a sudden pressure loss in the methane header tank caused by the flip maneuver reduced fuel supply and thrust, resulting in a hard landing and explosion.[36] | |||||||
6 | 2 February 2021 20:25[38] | Starship SN9 | Suborbital Pad B | 10 km (33,000 ft)[39][38][40] | 06:26[40] | Success | Failure |
A Raptor failing to start caused SN9 to over-rotate and hit the landing pad. The vehicle was destroyed on impact.[40][41][42][43] | |||||||
7 | 3 March 2021 23:15[44][45] | Starship SN10 | Suborbital Pad A | 10 km (33,000 ft)[46] | 06:24[47][d] | Success | Partial failure |
SN10 launched and ascended nominally, but experienced a hard landing with a slight lean after the landing, and a fire developed near the base of the rocket.[50] Eight minutes after landing, SN10 exploded,[46] potentially due to helium ingestion from the fuel header tank.[48] | |||||||
8 | 30 March 2021 13:00[51] | Starship SN11 | Suborbital Pad B | 10 km (33,000 ft)[52] | 05:49[e][51] | Success | Failure |
SN11 had engine issues during ascent (according to Elon Musk).[53] Vehicle lost before T+6:00.[54][55] Musk stated that a "relatively small" methane leak caused a fire on one of the Raptor engines during ascent, causing the engine to experience a hard start when relit.[56] | |||||||
9 | 5 May 2021 22:24[57] | Starship SN15 | Suborbital Pad A | 10 km (33,000 ft)[58] | 05:59 | Success | Success |
SN15 was a new iteration of prototype Starship with many upgrades over previous vehicles.[59] SN15 achieved a soft landing, with a small fire starting near the base shortly after landing. The post-flight fire was out within 20 minutes, and SN15 was retired by the end of the month and scrapped in July 2023.[60][61] |
The first Starship integrated flight test (IFT) took place on 20 April 2023, marking the beginning of the orbital test campaign.
Launch outcomes | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
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Failure | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Partial failure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Success | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Planned | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Total | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
3
6
9
2023
2024
2025
Booster landing outcomes | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
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Precluded | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Loss before landing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Loss on landing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Partial failure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Success (splashdown) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Planned (tower catch) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
1
2
2023
2024
2025
Starship landing outcomes | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
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Precluded | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Loss before landing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Loss on landing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Partial failure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Success (splashdown) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Planned (tower catch) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
1
2
2023
2024
2025
Flight | Date and time (UTC) |
Spacecraft, booster | Launch site | Orbit | Duration (hh:mm:ss) | Launch outcome | Booster landing | Spacecraft landing |
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IFT-1 | 20 April 2023 13:33:09 |
Ship 24 Booster 7 |
Starbase Orbital Pad A | Transatmospheric[62] | 00:03:59[e] | Failure (SpaceX declared success) |
Precluded | Precluded |
The first integrated flight test of Starship was the first flight test of the full launch vehicle with both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage integrated. If all early parts of the test were nominal on the test plan, the booster would ultimately make a powered splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, and the ship would enter a transatmospheric Earth orbit before reentering and impacting the Pacific Ocean north of Hawaii. Three engines were shut down before the booster lifted off the launch mount, with at least three more engines shutting down during booster powered flight. The vehicle eventually entered an uncontrolled spin before stage separation due to loss of thrust vector control. The flight termination system detonated with the intent to destroy the vehicle immediately, but the vehicle remained intact until T+3:59, more than 40 seconds after activation of the flight termination system.[63] SpaceX declared this flight a success, as their primary goal was to only clear the pad.[64] The launch resulted in extensive damage to the orbital launch mount and the infrastructures around it, including the propellant tank farm. | ||||||||
IFT-2 | 18 November 2023 13:02:50[65][66] |
Ship 25 Booster 9 |
Starbase Orbital Pad A | Transatmospheric | 00:08:55[e] | Failure (SpaceX declared success) |
Failure | Precluded |
The second integrated flight test of Starship had a test flight profile similar to the first flight, with the addition of a new hot-staging technique and the introduction of a water deluge system as part of the ground support equipment at the launch pad. During the first stage ascent, all 33 engines fired to full duration. Starship and Super Heavy successfully accomplished a hot-staging separation. After initiating a flip maneuver and initiating boostback burn, several booster engines began shutting down, due to filter blockage.[67] One engine failed explosively, with the damage caused resulting in a loss of the booster.[67]
The upper stage ascended normally for another six minutes.[68] A leak in the aft section developed while a planned liquid oxygen venting was underway, triggering a combustion event that interrupted communication between the craft’s flight computers, causing full engine shutdown.[67] The Autonomous Flight Safety System detected this mission rule violation and activated the flight termination system (FTS) as the ship reached an altitude of ~148 km and velocity of ~24,000 km/h.[67] | ||||||||
IFT-3 | 14 March 2024 13:25:00[69] |
Ship 28 Booster 10 |
Starbase Orbital Pad A[70] | Suborbital |
00:49:35[e] | Success | Failure | Failure |
The third integrated flight test of Starship included a full-duration burn of the second-stage engines, an internal propellant-transfer demonstration, and a test of the Starlink "Pez" dispenser door. If the test sequence had progressed further, additional tests would have included an in-space relight followed by a hard splashdown of the ship in the Indian Ocean, approximately 1 hour 4 minutes after launch.[71]
The booster successfully propelled the spacecraft to staging, with 13 engines successfully ignited for a boostback burn, though 6 engines failed a few seconds before the end of the burn. However, several minutes later, during the landing burn ignition, only three engines ignited, and the booster was destroyed by unknown causes at an altitude of 462 meters above the ocean.[71] The spacecraft trajectory was suborbital, with a 234 km (145 mi) apogee and −50 km (−31 mi) perigee,[72] although the ship did reach orbital speed.[73]). A scheduled restart of a Raptor engine for a prograde burn test did not occur, which would have resulted in a 50 km (31 mi) perigee and somewhat later entry into the atmosphere.[72] Minutes into atmospheric re-entry, Ship 28's telemetry cut off, leading SpaceX to conclude the ship had disintegrated prior to its planned splashdown. | ||||||||
IFT-4 | 6 June 2024 12:50:00 |
Ship 29 Booster 11 |
Starbase Orbital Pad A[74] | Suborbital | 01:05:57 | Success | Success (soft splashdown[f]) |
Success (soft splashdown[f]) |
IFT-4 was to use almost the same trajectory as IFT-3. It would not test the Starlink "Pez" dispenser door, or in-space relight, though the ship was to relight its engines for a landing burn.[75] B11 was to attempt a landing on a "virtual tower", in preparation for a catch during IFT-5.[76]
Launch included a loss of a single Raptor engine on booster, but the booster still managed to perform in accordance to its flight profile and conduct a successful controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.[77] The spacecraft performed a successful re-entry despite severe forward flap damage, followed by a successful controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean.[77] |
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IFT-5[78] | NET Late July 2024[79] | Ship 30[80]/Booster 12[81][82] | Starbase Orbital Pad A | Unknown | Planned (tower catch) |
Planned (unknown) |
After the successful booster splashdown during IFT-4, Musk stated that SpaceX would attempt to catch B12 with the tower on Flight 5.[83] | ||||||
IFT-6 | TBD | Ship 31[84]/Booster 13[81][82] | Starbase Orbital Pad A | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
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