150m HopStarship Hopper SpaceX Launch Status Success Tue ยท Aug 27th, 2019 6:02 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYb3bfA6_sQ Mission Starhopper 150m Hop Type: Test Flight SpaceX's latest prototype rocket design, Starhopper, has successfully performed a 150m hop on Tuesday August 27, 2019 at 22:02 UTC. Location Launch Pad A SpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA 5 launches have been at this location. Rocket Starship Prototype Length: 30 meters Diameter: 9 meters First Launched: July 26, 2019 Prototype of SpaceX’s Starship, a fully reusable second stage and space vehicle. The Starship Prototype rocket has been launched a total of 4 times with 4 successful and 0 failed launches. Landing Starhopper successfully landed after its 150m hop. SpaceX Starship Landing Pad – LZ This is the landing pad used for early Starship development flights. 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 Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USA 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 has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule