10 km FlightStarship SN9SpaceX Launch Status Partial Failure Tue · Feb 2nd, 2021 3:25 PM - 6:59 PM EST Watch Online Mission10 km FlightType: Test FlightThe SN9 Starship performed a first flight similar to the one of SN8. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver and a controlled descent to the landing pad where the landing flip maneuver was unsuccessful and resulted in the destruction of the prototype on impact. LocationLaunch Pad BSpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA9 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 9 times with 6 successful and 3 failed launches. LandingSN9 was destroyed on landing.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