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Starship: Integrated Flight Test

Maiden flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster was supposed to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage would have followed a suborbital trajectory and performed an unpowered splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii). A launch failure was experienced before stage separation.

Failure:After liftoff, the vehicle sustained fires from leaking propellant in the aft end of the Super Heavy booster, severing connection with the vehicle’s primary flight computer. This led to a loss of communications to most of the booster engines and eventually control of the vehicle. After the second stage failed to separate from the first stage, the vehicle reached an apogee of ~39km before tumbling downwards until the flight termination system was activated. Unexpected severe damage was also imparted on the launch pad.
Thursday, 20 April 202313:33 UTC
Starship: Integrated Flight Test

Mission Data

SpaceX
🇺🇸SpaceXEst. 2002
Launch VehicleStarship V1
Vehicle FamilyStarship
Vehicle Record4 of 6 launches (66.7%)
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#26
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 V1

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

Launch updates

  1. Launch failure

  2. Liftoff

  3. Resuming countdown

  4. Hold

  5. Livestream has started

  6. Confirmed next launch attempt on April 20.

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  7. Flight restriction for Wednesday has been cancelled, indicating a delay. Next possible window is Thursday, April 20th

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  8. Adjusting window based on FAA advisory. Awaiting confirmation from SpaceX, and window end time is uncertain

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  9. Next opportunity on April 19.

  10. Scrub due to a first stage pressurization issue. Next opportunity 24 hours later.

Launch Site

Orbital Launch Pad 1 · 25.9962°N 97.1544°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.