Starship Flight 3

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:25:00

Thursday March 14, 2024

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Launch Notes

Third flight of Starship and Super Heavy. The planned suborbital trajectory injection, payload bay door opening/closing test, and propellant transfer test were completed. The planned Raptor engine restart in space was canceled. Booster crashed into ocean after late landing burn; Starship lost contact at ~65 km altitude during reentry.

Starship Flight 3

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Starship attempted another flight test to demonstrate orbital launch capability.

Suborbital

Rocket

Retired
Starship-Super Heavy v1

Active 2023 to 2024

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Agency

SpaceX

Rocket

Diameter: 9m

Height: 121.3m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 15,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

74,400 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 9m

Stages

2

Launch Site

General Trajectory

NE

SE

Launching

East

Pad 1

Starbase, Texas, USA

Fastest Turnaround

37 days 9 hours

Stats

Starship


3rd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2024

SpaceX


327th

Mission

25th

Mission of 2024