NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

Starship Flight 5

Launch Time
Sun Oct 13, 2024 12:25 UTC

Super Heavy attempted its first-ever catch in the launch tower arms — and succeeded.

Fifth flight of Starship and Super Heavy.

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Rocket

Starship-Super Heavy Block 1
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 74,400 kN
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 121.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 9.0 m

Vehicles

Splashdown

Ship 30

Flight #1
7th recovery attempt
3rd successful recovery
3rd consecutive successful landing and recovery
Orbital Launch Pad A Catch Tower

Booster 12

Flight #1

Mission Details

Starship Flight 5

Starship conducted another flight test to demonstrate ship re-entry and booster tower catch capability.

Suborbital

Location

Orbital Launch Pad A, Starbase, Texas, USA

Stats

SpaceX

400th mission
98th mission of 2024
391st successful mission
26th consecutive successful mission

Starship

5th mission
3rd mission of 2024
3rd successful mission
3rd consecutive successful mission