November 18, 2023 at 1:02 PM UTC
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
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November 18, 2023 at 1:02 PM UTC
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
Orbital Launch Pad 1
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA · 25.9962, -97.1544
Second test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster is expected to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage will follow a suborbital trajectory and perform an unpowered splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii).
Mission media
SpaceX Starship Flight Test 2
Full video recordStarship · V1
Height
120 m
Diameter
9 m
LEO capacity
100,000 kg
Successful launches
5
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Starbase is an industrial complex for Starship rockets and the headquarters of the American aerospace manufacturer company SpaceX. Located near Brownsville, Texas, United States, it has been under construction since the late 2010s by SpaceX. Starbase is composed of a spaceport near the Gulf of Mexico, a production facility at the Boca Chica village, and a small structure test site along the Texas State Highway 4.
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IFT-2 is NET August according to a tweet from Elon. This is a highly tentative timeline, and delays are possible, and highly likely. Pad upgrades should be complete by the end of June, with vehicle testing starting soon after.
Moving to NET October awaiting regulatory paperwork approval.
Targeting November 2023, pending regulatory approval.