SpaceX Starship Development
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Low Earth Orbit
Aug. 31, 2022, midnight
Starship | Orbital Flight Test
Maiden flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster will separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage will achieve orbit until performing a powered, targeted splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii).
Road Closures
| # | Name | Status | Date | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Primary Date | Possible | August 8, 2022 | 03:00 p.m. - 03:00 a.m. |
| 2 | Alternative Date | Possible | August 9, 2022 | 03:00 p.m. - 03:00 a.m. |
| 3 | Alternative Date | Possible | August 10, 2022 | 03:00 p.m. - 03:00 a.m. |
Vehicles
Starship
Booster 7
✕ Flight Proven Active
Active
Booster 7 is the first Super Heavy booster with 33 Raptor 2 engines and is expected to perform the first Orbital Flight Test of SpaceX's Starship rocket with Ship 24.
Super Heavy Prototype
BN2.1
✕ Flight Proven Converted
Converted
Second Super Heavy prototype. Transformed into a test tank.
Starship Prototype
Mk1
✕ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
Starship Mk1 was partially destroyed during max pressure tank testing, when the forward LOX tank ruptured along a weld line of the craft's steel structure, propelling the bulkhead several meters upwards.
Starship Prototype
SN1
✕ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
SN1 was destroyed when undergoing pressurization.
Starship Prototype
SN10
✓ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
SN10 is a Starship Prototype similar in design to SN9. SN10 was destroyed during an explosion on the pad after landing.
Starship Prototype
SN11
✕ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
SN11 is a Starship Prototype similar in design to SN10 and SN9. It got destroyed during its first flight to an altitude of 10 km.
Starship Prototype
SN3
✕ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
SN3's cryo test failed, the result being the LOX (Liquid Oxygen) Tank collapsing due to underpressurisation.
Starship Prototype
SN4
✕ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
On April 26, 2020, SN4 successfully completed a cryogenic pressure test. On May 29, 2020, SN4 exploded after engine testing.
Starship Prototype
SN7
✕ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
Intentionally destroyed during a pressurization test.
Starship Prototype
SN7.1
✕ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
SpaceX Test tank for 304L Stainless Steel. Top bulkhead intentionally burst during pressure testing.
Starship Prototype
SN8
✓ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
SN8 was destroyed when attempting to land after its first flight due to low header tank pressure during landing burn.
Starship Prototype
SN9
✓ Flight Proven Destroyed
Destroyed
SN9 is the first starship prototype to be fully made of 304L stainless steel. It was destroyed on landing after its first flight.
Starship Prototype
SN15
✓ Flight Proven Retired
Retired
Next Starship prototype built after SN11. It features hundreds of design improvements across structures, avionics, software and engine. First Starship prototype to successfully land after a high altitude flight.
Starship Prototype
SN2
✕ Flight Proven Retired
Retired
SN2 successfully went through a pressure and cryo test, but was not used for a static fire or hop.
Starship Prototype
Starhopper
✓ Flight Proven Retired
Retired
First prototype of the Starship vehicle. Starhopper was a short test article that flew once to a height of 150m before landing safely.
Starship
Booster 4
✕ Flight Proven Retired
Retired
First Super Heavy booster to complete a cryogenic proof test at the Orbital Launch Pad, as well as the first full stack cryogenic proof test for a Starship vehicle. Booster 4 is now on display at SpaceX's Rocket Garden in Boca Chica.
Starship Prototype
SN7.2
✕ Flight Proven Retired
Retired
SpaceX test tank for 3mm stainless steel sheets. Retired after two pressure tests.
Super Heavy Prototype
BN1
✕ Flight Proven Scrapped
Scrapped
BN1 was the first Super Heavy prototype built by SpaceX in Boca Chica, TX. It was used as a production and ground operations pathfinder.
Starship Prototype
SN16
✕ Flight Proven Scrapped
Scrapped
Last suborbital Starship prototype built after SN15, to which it is similar in design. SN16 was later scrapped as SpaceX gathered all data necessary through SN9-15 and shifted focus to the Orbital Flight Test.
Starship Prototype
SN5
✓ Flight Proven Scrapped
Scrapped
Fifth prototype of the Starship prototype vehicle. On the 4th of August, SN5 completed a 150m hop, its first successful launch and landing. SN5 was scrapped in February 2021.
Starship Prototype
SN6
✓ Flight Proven Scrapped
Scrapped
Starship SN6 first flew on Sept. 3rd in Boca Chica, Texas with a single Raptor engine. It flew to height of 150m before landing safely. SN6 was scrapped in January 2021.
Super Heavy Prototype
Booster 3
✕ Flight Proven Scrapped
Scrapped
Super Heavy prototype used for ground testing. First Super Heavy to static fire.
SSLV
SSLV Demo 1
Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad - Sriharikota, Republic of IndiaFirst test flight of Indian SSLV (Small Satellite Launch Vehicle).
Falcon 9
Danuri (KPLO - Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter)
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USALunar orbiter designed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to demonstrate technologies, survey lunar resources and produce a topographic…
Long March 2F
Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaNote: Launch time is approximate. Probable reflight of the Chinese spaceplane capable of returning to Earth, which flew in orbit September 4 - 6, …
New Shepard
NS-22
West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch - Corn Ranch, USANS-22 is the sixth crewed New Shepard flight, carrying six passengers.
Atlas V 421
SBIRS GEO-6
Space Launch Complex 41 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USASixth geosynchronous satellite of the Space Based Infrared System program (SBIRS), providing capabilities for early missile warning and missile defen…
Electron
NROL-199 (RASR-4)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New ZealandClassified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
Long March 4B
Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory Satellite (TECIS)
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan, People's Republic of ChinaNote: Launch vehicle and payload uncertain. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Monitoring Satellite (TECIS) is intended to evaluate forest biomass, …
Soyuz 2-1v
Kosmos 25XX
Unknown Pad - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationPer reports this may be a military inspector satellite, capable of monitoring other satellites in orbit. Its payload also allows for Earth observatio…
Long March 2D
Yaogan 35 Group 03
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites.
Starship Program Updates
Starship | Orbital Flight Test Update
Jay • July 11, 2022, 10:47 p.m.
Pushing to NET August pending vehicle readiness.
Starship Program Update
Jay • June 13, 2022, 6:09 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration has released the final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) for SpaceX's launch site in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX have been granted a "Mitigated FONSI" which indicates the FAA found no major concerns however SpaceX are required to implement mitigations for concerns provided by the FAA. With the completion of the PEA, the next step for SpaceX is to work towards acquiring a launch licence for the first Orbital Flight Test and to complete all required vehicle and ground system testing required to perform a launch.
Starship | Orbital Flight Test Update
Cosmic_Penguin • May 21, 2022, 9:14 a.m.
Probably can be safely pushed back by a month pending Boca Chica launch pad EA approval.
Starship | Orbital Flight Test Update
Nosu • March 21, 2022, 7:22 p.m.
NET May 2022
Starship | Orbital Flight Test Update
Nosu • Feb. 14, 2022, 6:40 p.m.
Release of the final FAA PEA for the Starship/Super Heavy Launch Vehicle Program at the Boca Chica launch site now planned for March 28, 2022.