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Test Flight
Starship SN10 | 10 km Flight
Starship Prototype
Mar 3, 2021, 11:15 PM UTC
Mar 3, 2021, 11:15 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Booster History
SN10
Flight #1 · NEW
First flight of this booster
- Total Flights
- 1
- Recovery Rate
- 0/1 successful landings
- This Landing
- Landing failed· Return to Launch Site (RTLS)
- Recovery Site
- SpaceX Starship Landing Pad (LZ)
Landing Record
0 successful · 1 failed · 1 total
Mission Details
The SN10 Starship performed a test flight similar to SN8 and SN9. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver followed by a controlled descent to the landing pad. Despite successfully performing the landing flip maneuver with its three Raptor engines, its vertical velocity was too high on landing, damaging its structure and resulting in an explosive destruction a few minutes after touchdown.
- Type
- Test Flight
- Orbit
- Suborbital (Sub)
- Programs
- SpaceX Starship
Launch Site
- Pad
- Suborbital Pad A
- Location
- SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA