Status
Suborbital
Partial Failure
Starship Flight Test 2
Sat Nov 18, 2023 13:02 UTC
Second integrated launch of Starship and Super Heavy.
Flight termination system activated on Starship after T+8 minutes, seconds before planned SECO, due to a leak of liquid oxygen causing a combustion event and fires which led to a loss of communication. Booster was most likely destroyed due to a filter blockage on a liquid oxygen line supplying the engines.
Rocket
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Mission Details
Starship Flight Test 2
Starship attempted another flight test to demonstrate orbital launch capability.
Numerous upgrades flew on this mission's vehicles. Specifically, the booster featured electric thrust vector control and stronger shielding between engines. A new hot staging ring was also incorporated at the top of the booster and a new and much improved fire suppression system for the engine bay was also installed.
The launchpad was also upgraded for this flight with a flame deflector system to avoid the issues found on the first flight test of the Starship stack with Booster 7 and Ship 24.