Mission description
9th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Launch index
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Launch Failure
Starship | Flight 9
May 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM UTC
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Launch details
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May 27, 2025 at 11:36 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
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- May 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM UTC
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- May 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM UTC
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- May 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM UTC
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SpaceX - Starship - Suborbital Test Flight 9 - OLP-A - Starbase Texas - May 27, 2025
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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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Mission updates
Successful ascent, but the Ship lost attitude control after SECO due to a leak, making it unable to achieve its on-trajectory objectives.
May 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM UTC · Nosu