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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).
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.
Second Super Heavy prototype. Transformed into a test tank.
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.
SN1 was destroyed when undergoing pressurization.
SN10 is a Starship Prototype similar in design to SN9. SN10 was destroyed during an explosion on the pad after landing.
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.
SN3's cryo test failed, the result being the LOX (Liquid Oxygen) Tank collapsing due to underpressurisation.
On April 26, 2020, SN4 successfully completed a cryogenic pressure test. On May 29, 2020, SN4 exploded after engine testing.
Intentionally destroyed during a pressurization test.
SpaceX Test tank for 304L Stainless Steel. Top bulkhead intentionally burst during pressure testing.
SN8 was destroyed when attempting to land after its first flight due to low header tank pressure during landing burn.
SN9 is the first starship prototype to be fully made of 304L stainless steel. It was destroyed on landing after its first flight.
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.
Last suborbital Starship prototype built after SN15, to which it is similar in design.
SN2 successfully went through a pressure and cryo test, but was not used for a static fire or hop.
First prototype of the Starship vehicle. Starhopper was a short test article that flew once to a height of 150m before landing safely.
SpaceX test tank for 3mm stainless steel sheets. Retired after two pressure tests.
BN1 was the first Super Heavy prototype built by SpaceX in Boca Chica, TX. It was used as a production and ground operations pathfinder.
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 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 used for ground testing. First Super Heavy to static fire.
A batch of satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
New generation experimental Earth imaging satellite for the Jilin-1 constellation. NOTE: Payload identity unconfirmed.
Third cargo delivery mission to the Chinese large modular space station.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
Commercial rideshare mission including payloads for Alba Orbital, Astrix Astronautics, Aurora Propulsion Technologies, E-Space, Spaceflight Inc, Swar…
Earth observation satellites for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.
A batch of 53 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Russian military radar satellite.
Starship Program Updates
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.
Starship Program Update
Koun7erfit • Feb. 12, 2022, 5:08 a.m.
On February 11th, Elon Musk gave a much anticipated update to the Starship program - with the backdrop of a fully stacked Starship and Booster on the launch pad - Musk detailed SpaceX's plan to continue development of Starship from Boca Chica with operational launches likely to take place out of Cape Canaveral.
SpaceX is still targeting 2021 for the first orbital flight attempt out of Boca Chica, Texas pending FAA approval.
Starship | Orbital Flight Test Update
Jay • Dec. 28, 2021, 6:06 p.m.
NET March 2022
Starship Program Update
Jay • Dec. 28, 2021, 3:32 a.m.
Boca Chica residents have received an alert notice indicating SpaceX are planning to perform engine testing of Ship 20 on December 28.