Integrated Flight Test 2
Starship
SpaceX
Trajectory
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Mission
Integrated Flight Test 2
- Type: Test Flight
- Orbit: Suborbital
Second test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster is expected to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage will follow a suborbital trajectory and perform an unpowered splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii).
Location
Orbital Launch Mount A
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Orbital Launch Mount A has witnessed the launch of 3 rockets, including 0 orbital launch attempts, while SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA, has been the site for 12 rocket launches.
Rocket
Landing
Core Booster 9
Booster Booster 9 last launched 11/18/2023 and has seen 0 successful launches and landings. Super Heavy booster that was used for the second Starship integrated flight test and lost after separation.
Gulf of Mexico – GOM
Gulf of Mexico
Ocean – Ocean
No recovery attempt
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.
AMAZING !
May the future be with us on this launch…..go SpaceX.
As a former 60’s Estes model rocketeer I’ll be back there sitting on the living room floor eating Cheerios right out of the box !! Just like we were meant to.
So excited! Skipping clases
Flight delayed until Sat. Replacement of actuator on grid fin.