Static Fire
Starship SN9 3rd Static Fire
Boca Chica, Texas Starship SN9 | 10 km Flight
SpaceX conducted a third static fire test on Starship SN9's raptor engines.
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Starship SN9 | 10 km Flight
SpaceX | United States of AmericaSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Feb. 2, 2021, 8:25 p.m.
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Mission:
The SN9 Starship performed a first flight similar to the one of SN8. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver and a controlled descent to the landing pad where the landing flip maneuver was unsuccessful and resulted in the destruction of the prototype on impact.
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