12.5 km FlightStarship SN8SpaceX Launch Status Partial Failure Wed ยท Dec 9th, 2020 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gltp8TcOayA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-BkkrRg-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5l9ZxsG9M Mission12.5 km FlightType: Test FlightThe SN8 Starship prototype was destroyed when attempting to land after a first flight to an altitude of 12.5 km or 41,000 ft. 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. LandingSN8 was destroyed when attempting to land back near its launch site after its first flight.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