Starship-Super Heavy Block 1/2

Status

Suborbital

Starship Flight 8

Launch Time
Thu Mar 06, 2025 23:30 UTC

Eighth flight of Starship and Super Heavy. Similarly to Flight 7, the mission uses a Block 1 Booster and Block 2 Ship.

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Rocket

Starship-Super Heavy Block 1/2

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Liftoff Thrust: 74,400 kN

Stages: 2

Rocket Height: 123.1 m

Fairing Diameter: 9.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Splashdown

Ship 34

Flight #1

Manifest

Orbital Launch Pad A Catch Tower

Booster 15

Flight #1

Manifest

Mission Details

Starlink Simulators

Ship 34 will deploy 4 Starlink simulators, similar in size and weight to next-generation Starlink satellites as the first exercise of a satellite deploy mission. The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship, with splashdown targeted in the Indian Ocean. A relight of a single Raptor engine while in space is also planned.

Payloads: 4

Suborbital

Location

Orbital Launch Pad A, Starbase, Texas, USA

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Starship

8th mission

2nd mission of 2025