Mission description
The Starhopper test article performed an untethered hop to an altitude of 20m.
Launch index
Mission imagery · Starship Prototype
Launch Successful
Starship Hopper | 20m Hop
July 26, 2019 at 3:45 AM UTC
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Launch details
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July 26, 2019 at 3:45 AM UTC
Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
Suborbital Pad A
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA · 25.9971, -97.1550
- Rocket
- Starship Prototype
- Launch probability
- Not published
- Window opens
- July 26, 2019 at 3:45 AM UTC
- Window closes
- July 26, 2019 at 3:45 AM UTC
- Feed updated
- March 5, 2024 at 6:12 PM UTC
Mission media
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Starship Prototype
Starship · Prototype
Height
50 m
Diameter
9 m
LEO capacity
0 kg
Successful launches
6
Launch complex
Suborbital Pad A
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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