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.