Flight 9

Mission

Flight 9

• Type: Test Flight
• Orbit: Suborbital

9th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.

Location

Orbital Launch Mount A

SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Orbital Launch Mount A has witnessed the launch of 8 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts. While SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA, has been the site for 17 rocket launches.

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.

Rocket

SpaceX Starship

Fully reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Learn more about SpaceX Starship

Core Booster 14

Super Heavy Booster 14-2 will attempt to be caught by the tower on the OLM-A. Booster Booster 14 last launched 01/16/2025 and has seen 1 successful launches and landings. Super Heavy booster used for the seventh Starship flight test. Successfully caught by the launch tower.

A sonic boom is likely to occur a few minutes after launch as the booster returns to the launch site. Be prepared for a loud but thrilling experience! Learn more about rocket launch sonic booms

Orbital Launch Mount A - OLM-A

Return to Launch Site - RTLS

A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from.

Agency

SpaceX

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.