20m HopStarship HopperSpaceX Launch Status Success Thu ยท Jul 25th, 2019 11:45 PM EDT Watch Online MissionStarhopper 20m HopType: Test FlightThe Starhopper test article performed an untethered hop to an altitude of 20m. LocationLaunch Pad ASpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA8 rockets have launched from SpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA. RocketStarship PrototypeLength: 50 meters Diameter: 9 meters First Launch: July 26, 2019Prototype of SpaceX’s Starship, a fully reusable second stage and space vehicle.The Starship Prototype rocket has been launched a total of 8 times with 5 successful and 3 failed launches. LandingStarhopper successfully landed after its first untethered hop.SpaceX Starship Landing Pad – LZThis is the landing pad used for early Starship development flights.Return to Launch Site – RTLSA 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. AgencySpaceXType: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USASpace 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