Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
20:25:00
Tuesday February 2, 2021
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SN9 failed to reignite one of its engines for its landing burn and failed to land.
SpaceX conducted a suborbital test flight of the Starship SN9 prototype to an altitude of approximately 10 kilometers. SN9 attempted a propulsive landing on SpaceX's South Texas Landing Zone after launch but due to an anomaly with engine 2's oxidizer-rich preburner, only one engine was able to reignite and SN9 crashed into the landing pad.
Suborbital
Agency
SpaceXRocket
Diameter: 9m
Height: 50.3m
Liftoff Thrust
5,300 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 9m
Stages
1
2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2021