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Overview

Destination: Suborbital
Mission: Test Flight

Suborbital Orbital Launch Pad 1 SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA Probability: 95%
Booster 11 - Gulf of Mexico

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

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • June 6, 2024, 2:06 p.m.

Launch and reentry success.


Cosmic_Penguin • June 6, 2024, 12:50 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • June 6, 2024, 12:12 p.m.

Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • June 6, 2024, 11:10 a.m.

Updated T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • June 6, 2024, 9:59 a.m.

Adjusting planned T-0.


Starship

Family:
Configuration: V1

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

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    121.3 m
  • Diameter
    9.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    9.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    5000.0 T
  • Thrust
    73550.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Starship
  • Family
  • Variant
    V1
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Starship V1
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    15000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


Booster 11

Status: Lost


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: June 6, 2024
Last Flight: June 6, 2024
Flights: 1
Landings Attempted: 1
Landings Successful: 1

Landing Information

Booster 11 made a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

Result: Successful Ocean landing at Gulf of Mexico.

Ship 29


In-active Cargo Unmanned
Destination: Indian Ocean
Serial Number: S29

Ship 29 (S29) is the 2nd stage vehicle used for the fourth Starship integrated flight test. Lost to the ocean after a successful soft splashdown.

Starship V1 Details

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