Mission description
Eighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Launch index
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Launch Failure
Starship | Flight 8
March 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM UTC
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Launch details
LAUNCH IN
T−00d00h00m00s
March 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM UTC
Status: Launch Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds
Orbital Launch Pad 1
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA · 25.9962, -97.1544
- Rocket
- Starship V2
- Launch probability
- Not published
- Window opens
- March 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM UTC
- Window closes
- March 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC
- Feed updated
- March 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM UTC
Mission media
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Scrubbed - SpaceX - Starship - Suborbital Test Flight 8 - OLP-A - Starbase Texas - March 3, 2025
Full video record🚀 SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 8 and Attempts to Catch Another Booster!Starship's Eighth Flight Test[SCRUBBED] [4K] Watch Starship Flight 8, booster catch and Starship 2 test.Starship's Eighth Flight TestGO! - SpaceX - Starship - Suborbital Test Flight 8 - OLP-A - Starbase Texas - March 6, 2025SpaceX Starship Flight 8 - Second AttemptWatch live: SpaceX launches Starship on 8th test flight, tries to catch returning booster[4K] Watch Starship launch and catch a booster!SpaceX Flight 8
Vehicle
Starship V2
Starship · V2
Height
123.3 m
Diameter
9 m
LEO capacity
35,000 kg
Successful launches
2
Launch complex
Orbital Launch Pad 1
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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Scrubbed - SpaceX - Starship - Suborbital Test Flight 8 - OLP-A - Starbase Texas - March 3, 2025SPACE AFFAIRS🚀 SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 8 and Attempts to Catch Another Booster!NASASpaceflightStarship's Eighth Flight TestSpaceX[SCRUBBED] [4K] Watch Starship Flight 8, booster catch and Starship 2 test.Everyday AstronautStarship's Eighth Flight TestSpaceXGO! - SpaceX - Starship - Suborbital Test Flight 8 - OLP-A - Starbase Texas - March 6, 2025SPACE AFFAIRS
Mission updates
Ship lost 4 engines out of 6 at ~T+8:00 and entered unrecoverable roll.