10 km FlightStarship SN9 SpaceX Launch Status Date/Time May Change Fri ยท Jan 22nd, 2021 9:00 AM - 6:59 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5l9ZxsG9M Watch In Person Mission 10 km Flight Type: Test Flight The SN9 Starship prototype will attempt a first flight similar to the one performed by SN8. It consists of a powered ascent to an altitude of 10 km or 32,800 ft, followed by a belly flop maneuver, controlled descent, landing flip maneuver and landing. Location Launch Pad B SpaceX Space Launch Facility, TX, USA 5 launches have been at this location. Rocket Starship Prototype Length: 50 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 5 times with 4 successful and 1 failed launches. Landing SN9 will attempt to land near its launch site after its first flight. 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