MISSION NAME
Integrated Flight Test
Status
Failure
DATE
20 APR 2023
LAUNCH PROVIDER
SpaceX
Launch Pad
Orbital Launch Mount A
Description
Maiden flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster was supposed to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage would have followed a suborbital trajectory and performed an unpowered splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii). A launch failure was experienced before stage separation.
Starship
Rocket Description
Fully reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.