Launch FailureSpaceX

Starship: Flight 8

Name: Starship: Flight 8
Start: 2025-03-06T23:30:00Z
End: 2025-03-07T00:30:00Z
Location: Orbital Launch Pad 1

Eighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.

Failure:Ship 34 lost 4 out of 6 Raptors at around T+8:00 and entered unrecoverable roll.

Thursday, 6 March 202523:30 UTC

Mission Data

🇺🇸SpaceXEst. 2002

Launch VehicleStarship V2

Vehicle FamilyStarship

Vehicle Record2 of 5 launches (40%)

Provider TypeCommercial

Agency Record729 successes / 15 failures (98%)

Success Streak229 consecutive

ProgramSpaceX Starship · Technology

Mission TypeTest Flight

Target OrbitSuborbital

Launch PadOrbital Launch Pad 1

Location🇺🇸 SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA USA

Agency Launches This Year#28

Launches From This Pad11

Launches From This Site23

Status Note

Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.

Second development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

6 Mar 2025, 23:56 UTC
Ship lost 4 engines out of 6 at ~T+8:00 and entered unrecoverable roll.
6 Mar 2025, 23:31 UTC
Liftoff.
6 Mar 2025, 22:53 UTC
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
5 Mar 2025, 12:50 UTC
Delayed to NET March 6.
Source ↗
4 Mar 2025, 13:12 UTC
Rescheduled for NET March 5.
Source ↗
3 Mar 2025, 23:53 UTC
Scrubbing for the day. Next attempt TBC
3 Mar 2025, 23:51 UTC
Holding again at T-40 seconds
3 Mar 2025, 23:50 UTC
Resuming countdown
3 Mar 2025, 23:44 UTC
Holding at T-40 seconds
3 Mar 2025, 23:35 UTC
Weather 65%

Orbital Launch Pad 1 · 25.9962°N 97.1544°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.