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Starship flight test 5 was the fifth flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on October 13, 2024. The prototype vehicles flown were the Starship Ship 30 upper-stage and Super Heavy Booster 12 .
The Starship's booster returned to the launch site. SpaceX The upper stage made a controlled reentry to Earth, landing in the Indian Ocean at about 9:30 a.m. ET.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has harshly criticized the FAA, including for proposing a $633,000 fine against SpaceX over launch issues and for the delay in approving the license for Starship 5, which the ...
Sunday's test flight was the first time the booster returned to its launch site. After its 33 Raptor engines roared to life, lifting Starship toward its destination, the booster headed toward home.
The American company has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using economies of scale. [1] It aims to achieve this by reusing both rocket stages, increasing payload mass to orbit, increasing launch frequency, creating a mass-manufacturing pipeline and adapting it to a wide range of space missions.
Oct. 13—Starship-Super Heavy, loaded with 10 million pounds of propellant, lifted off from SpaceX's Boca Chica/Starbase launch site at 7:25 a.m. Sunday for the company's fifth Starship test flight.
Starship Flight 7 will be the seventh flight test of a SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles expected to be flown are Ship 33, the first Block 2 upper stage, and Booster 14, a Block 1 vehicle. An engine from B12, Raptor #314, will be reflown on Booster 14 after having previously supported Booster 12 during flight 5. [2]
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket launched for its latest test flight at 5 p.m. ET, where the company didn’t catch its Super Heavy booster after takeoff. Today’s mission marks SpaceX’s ...