February 2, 2021 at 8:25 PM UTC
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
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February 2, 2021 at 8:25 PM UTC
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
Suborbital Pad B
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA · 25.9971, -97.1550
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.
Mission media
Starship SN9 10km Flight
Full video recordStarship · Prototype
Height
50 m
Diameter
9 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
6
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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