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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 .
SpaceX calls the entire launch vehicle "Starship", which consists of the Super Heavy first stage (booster) and the ambiguously-named Starship second stage (ship). [4] There are three versions of Starship: Block 1 (also known as Starship 1, Version 1, or V1) which is retired, Block 2 which will fly in Starship flight test 7 , and Block 3 , which ...
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.
Shortly after liftoff, the 233-foot-tall Super Heavy booster separated from Starship, the rocket that was stacked on top, and flew back to the launch site. As it descended toward the launchpad, a ...
Members of the public walk through a debris field at the launch pad on April 22, 2023, after the SpaceX Starship lifted off on April 20 for a flight test from the company's Starbase facility in ...
When stacked and fully fueled, Starship has a mass of approximately 5,000 t (11,000,000 lb), [c] a diameter of 9 m (30 ft) [16] and a height of 121.3 m (398 ft). [17] The rocket has been designed with the goal of being fully reusable to reduce launch costs; [18] it consists of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage [19] which are powered by Raptor and Raptor Vacuum engines.
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 ...
Booster 12 coasting back to the launch site after separating from Ship 30 during IFT-5. B12 began assembly in June 2023. [57] On December 28, 2023, B12 was moved to Massey's for cryogenic testing, where it conducted two cryogenic tests on January 10 and January 12. [69] B12 was moved production site in mid-January for engine installation. [70]