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Starship: Flight 9
9th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Tuesday, 27 May 202523:36 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#66
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.
About Starship V2
Second development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
Launch updates
Successful ascent, but the Ship lost attitude control after SECO due to a leak, making it unable to achieve its on-trajectory objectives.
Liftoff.
Hold at T-40s.
Tweaked launch window.
Source ↗GO for launch.
Source ↗NET May 27.
Source ↗Delayed to NET May 26.
Source ↗Reportedly delayed to May 22-23 UTC
Source ↗NET May 21 (launch windows per https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=62494.msg2685907#msg2685907.)
Source ↗NET May TBD.
Launch Site
Orbital Launch Pad 1 · 25.9962°N 97.1544°W
Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.