April 20, 2023 1:33 pm

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Starship

SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
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Maiden flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster was supposed to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage would have followed a suborbital trajectory and performed an unpowered splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii). A launch failure was experienced before stage separation.
Launch Overview
Window Open 13:28 UTC
Window Close 14:30 UTC
Lift Off Apr 20, 2023 · 13:33 UTC
Launch Facility SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Launch Pad Orbital Launch Pad 1
Target Orbit Suborbital
Payload Overview
Customer SpaceX
Payload Integrated Flight Test
Rocket Starship
Destination Suborbital
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
Maiden flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster was supposed to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage would have followed a suborbital trajectory and performed an unpowered splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii). A launch failure was experienced before stage separation.

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Orbital Launch Pad 1
Launch Overview
Window Open 13:28 UTC
Window Close 14:30 UTC
Lift Off Apr 20, 2023 · 13:33 UTC
Launch Facility SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Launch Pad Orbital Launch Pad 1
Target Orbit Suborbital
Payload Overview
Customer SpaceX
Payload Integrated Flight Test
Rocket Starship
Destination Suborbital
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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