Launch Partial Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
23:14:00
Wednesday March 3, 2021
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SN10 successfully completed a 10-kilometer test flight with the first ever successful flip maneuver and landing, however, it landed hard due to helium bubbles being ingested by the landing engine. As a result, SN10 landed hard and exploded a few minutes later.
Starship SN10 performed a test flight to 10 kilometers. Following the launch, the prototype successfully completed a propulsive landing at SpaceX's South Texas launch facility but due to engine 3 ingesting helium bubbles from the methane header tank and 3 landing legs failing to deploy, the vehicle landed hard and exploded 8 minutes later.
Suborbital
Agency
SpaceXRocket
Diameter: 9m
Height: 50.3m
Liftoff Thrust
5,300 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 9m
Stages
1
3rd
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2021