Days
Hours
Mins
Secs
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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.
Serial S24
Launch Crew Count 0
Status Destroyed
Landing Time 2023-04-20T13:37:00+0000
Height 120.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 21000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 72000 kN
Diameter 9.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 100000 kg
Liftoff Mass 5000 Tonnes
Launch Success 4
Consecutive Success 4
Maiden Flight 2023-04-20
Launch Failures 2
Serial Booster 7
Status destroyed
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt No
Landing Success Unknown
Type Ocean
Location GOM
Nosu
2023-04-20T13:43:03+0000
Launch failure
Nosu
2023-04-20T13:33:48+0000
Liftoff
Nosu
2023-04-20T13:32:54+0000
Resuming countdown
Nosu
2023-04-20T13:28:41+0000
Hold
LL2
2023-04-20T12:49:08+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-04-17T23:38:14+0000
Confirmed next launch attempt on April 20.
Jay
2023-04-17T21:50:35+0000
Flight restriction for Wednesday has been cancelled, indicating a delay. Next possible window is Thursday, April 20th
Jay
2023-04-17T17:55:50+0000
Adjusting window based on FAA advisory. Awaiting confirmation from SpaceX, and window end time is uncertain
Nosu
2023-04-17T13:20:46+0000
Next opportunity on April 19.
Nosu
2023-04-17T13:14:29+0000
Scrub due to a first stage pressurization issue. Next opportunity 24 hours later.
LL2
2023-04-17T12:35:50+0000
Livestream has started
Nosu
2023-04-17T11:41:59+0000
Updating T-0 to 13:20 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-04-17T01:06:17+0000
1 hour slip in target T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-04-14T23:17:47+0000
Refined launch window.
Jay
2023-04-14T22:17:11+0000
Setting GO. SpaceX has received their FAA launch licence
Jay
2023-04-11T19:57:19+0000
SpaceX has confirmed they are targeting Monday, April 17th for the Starship Integrated Flight Test. A live broadcast will begin at approx. T-45 minutes, but with the nature of the flight timelines are highly subject to change.
Jay
2023-04-10T16:19:36+0000
Setting window
Jay
2023-04-10T13:56:06+0000
Moving to NET mid third week of April and removed launch window pending confirmation from FAA advisory
Jay
2023-04-06T18:56:57+0000
SpaceX will conduct a Wet Dress Rehearsal next week, with a launch NET the following week (April 17), pending regulatory approval.
Jay
2023-04-05T15:17:51+0000
Moving back to NET April. A road closure filing for April 10-13 states non-flight activities on those days.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-04-05T02:47:40+0000
Tweak in potential launch window.
Nosu
2023-04-04T18:54:54+0000
Starship Orbital Flight Test scheduled NET April 10 per the latest FAA Operations Plan Advisory and NASA WB-57 schedule. Still TBD pending the FAA launch license and technical readiness.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-16T23:56:32+0000
NET April
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-25T16:44:32+0000
March 11 launch date no longer certain.
Nosu
2023-02-12T18:11:31+0000
NET March 11
Jay
2023-02-05T03:06:23+0000
NET March
Nosu
2023-01-08T09:30:34+0000
NET late February
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-10-31T16:55:32+0000
NET December 2022
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-09-21T13:02:39+0000
Targeting November 2022 for first launch
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-09-15T03:01:50+0000
Launch no earlier than October 2022 with Starship/Superheavy on-pad testing still yet to complete.
Jay
2022-08-10T19:17:01+0000
Moving to NET September, pending vehicle readiness and FAA launch licence
Jay
2022-07-11T22:47:34+0000
Pushing to NET August pending vehicle readiness.
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-05-21T09:14:04+0000
Probably can be safely pushed back by a month pending Boca Chica launch pad EA approval.
Nosu
2022-03-21T19:22:14+0000
NET May 2022
Nosu
2022-02-14T18:40:46+0000
Release of the final FAA PEA for the Starship/Super Heavy Launch Vehicle Program at the Boca Chica launch site now planned for March 28, 2022.
Jay
2021-12-28T18:06:12+0000
NET March 2022
Nosu
2021-11-17T17:01:44+0000
NET early 2022
The SpaceX Starship is a fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX since 2012, as a self-funded private spaceflight project. The second stage of the Starship — is designed as a long-duration cargo and passenger-carrying spacecraft. It is expected to be initially used without any booster stage at all, as part of an extensive development program to prove out launch-and-landing and iterate on a variety of design details, particularly with respect to the vehicle's atmospheric reentry.
T?
SpaceX performed a static fire of Super Heavy Booster 7 with 31 of its 31 Raptor engines. The test was planned to use all 33 Raptor engines, but one was shut down prior to ignition and another was shut down prematurely during the test.
T?
Booster 7 has performed a static fire of 7 engines.
T?
SpaceX conducted a 6 second static fire test of Ship 24 at their facility in Boca Chica, TX.
T?
SpaceX conducted an approximately 6 second static fire of Booster 7.
T?
SpaceX will conduct a static fire test on Booster 7.
T?
SpaceX conducted a Static Fire test on Starship S24.
T?
SpaceX conducted a static fire test of Booster 7, the first static fire on the Orbital Launch Mount.
2023-12-29T23:13:47+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-09-19T16:21:57+0000
SpaceNews
2023-09-08T22:03:27+0000
SpacePolicyOnline.com
2023-09-08T17:00:38+0000
SpaceNews
2023-09-08T14:26:16+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-07-28T16:41:35+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-05-22T22:04:23+0000
CNBC
2023-05-09T18:38:16+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-05-03T16:39:44+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-05-01T22:11:34+0000
SpaceNews
2023-05-01T20:06:36+0000
Arstechnica
2023-05-01T18:19:08+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-05-01T17:24:12+0000
Arstechnica
2023-05-01T17:15:00+0000
Reuters
2023-04-30T03:07:03+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-04-30T01:37:33+0000
SpaceNews
2023-04-30T01:24:30+0000
CNBC
2023-04-29T12:00:01+0000
CNBC
2023-04-28T11:15:47+0000
Arstechnica
2023-04-28T03:16:39+0000
SpaceNews
2023-04-27T02:53:28+0000
SpaceNews
2023-04-21T10:30:00+0000
Arstechnica
2023-04-20T21:55:00+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-04-20T17:33:02+0000
Arstechnica
2023-04-20T16:14:20+0000
CNBC
2023-04-20T14:35:27+0000
Teslarati
2023-04-20T14:01:31+0000
SpaceNews
2023-04-20T10:35:05+0000
Teslarati
2023-04-20T10:01:34+0000
Arstechnica
2023-04-20T00:33:31+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-04-17T13:40:21+0000
SpaceNews
2023-04-17T11:15:10+0000
Arstechnica
2023-04-14T22:36:30+0000
SpaceNews
2023-04-14T21:57:54+0000
CNBC
2023-04-14T21:52:11+0000
Arstechnica
2023-04-14T19:53:18+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-04-11T21:38:00+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-04-10T13:03:04+0000
Arstechnica
2023-04-07T18:57:00+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-04-07T12:17:39+0000
SpaceNews
2023-04-07T11:15:15+0000
Arstechnica
2023-04-06T19:18:24+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-04-06T18:33:00+0000
The Launch Pad
2023-04-01T20:50:02+0000
Arstechnica
2023-02-22T08:57:03+0000
SpaceNews
2023-02-21T00:32:30+0000
Teslarati
2023-02-10T12:00:37+0000
Arstechnica
2023-02-09T22:31:18+0000
Spaceflight Now
2023-02-09T21:40:12+0000
Arstechnica
2023-02-09T21:27:37+0000
CNBC
2023-02-09T20:06:23+0000
NASASpaceflight
2023-02-09T03:01:36+0000
Teslarati
2023-02-08T22:31:18+0000
Spaceflight Now
2023-02-08T20:23:03+0000
CNBC
2023-01-27T21:41:21+0000
SpaceNews
2023-01-26T01:51:38+0000
Teslarati
2023-01-24T19:47:47+0000
Arstechnica
2023-01-24T13:49:07+0000
CNBC
2023-01-24T12:15:28+0000
SpaceNews
2023-01-23T14:21:38+0000
Arstechnica
2023-01-23T02:22:38+0000
Teslarati
2023-01-13T13:12:19+0000
SpaceNews
2023-01-13T12:00:43+0000
Arstechnica
2023-01-08T06:23:43+0000
Teslarati
2022-12-09T12:00:21+0000
Arstechnica
2022-11-29T22:24:01+0000
Arstechnica
2022-11-14T22:37:14+0000
Teslarati
2022-11-14T17:51:49+0000
NASASpaceflight
2022-10-31T21:29:14+0000
SpaceNews
2022-09-21T22:20:31+0000
Teslarati
2022-06-15T11:13:35+0000
Teslarati
2022-03-22T04:40:29+0000
Teslarati
2022-01-03T20:27:17+0000
NASASpaceflight
2021-12-28T23:36:44+0000
SpaceNews
2021-12-28T22:17:06+0000
Teslarati
2021-11-26T19:52:15+0000
NASASpaceflight
2021-11-25T10:12:23+0000
Teslarati
2021-11-18T05:46:41+0000
Spaceflight Now
2021-11-17T01:16:46+0000
SpaceNews
2021-11-15T20:47:05+0000
Teslarati
2021-11-01T15:29:42+0000
Teslarati
2021-10-18T09:09:32+0000
Teslarati
2021-10-04T09:11:50+0000
Teslarati
2021-09-28T09:11:47+0000
Teslarati
2021-09-06T09:06:36+0000
Teslarati
2021-08-22T21:27:56+0000
NASASpaceflight
2021-08-17T20:25:42+0000
Teslarati
2021-08-15T19:15:47+0000
Teslarati
2021-08-12T18:30:54+0000
Teslarati
2021-08-05T22:20:28+0000
Teslarati
2021-08-04T22:30:36+0000
Teslarati
2021-08-04T19:45:20+0000
NASASpaceflight
2021-08-04T11:40:09+0000
SpaceNews
2021-08-02T20:40:28+0000
Teslarati
2021-08-02T17:23:16+0000
Arstechnica
2021-08-02T09:10:33+0000
Teslarati
2021-07-01T10:02:22+0000
Teslarati
2021-06-26T21:22:54+0000
SpaceNews
2021-06-15T19:14:05+0000
Teslarati
2021-05-20T08:57:06+0000
Teslarati
2021-05-16T19:34:26+0000
NASASpaceflight
2021-05-14T19:08:17+0000
SpaceNews
2021-05-14T11:00:08+0000
Arstechnica
2021-05-13T20:48:39+0000
Teslarati
2021-05-13T00:48:12+0000
Spaceflight Now