Altitude: From the surface up to and including 10000 feet MSL

From April 01, 2023 at 0000 UTC (March 31, 2023 at 1900 CDT) To September 30, 2023 at 2359 UTC (September 30, 2023 at 1859 CDT)

Test Vehicle

Ship 26 is an expendable Starship prototype with no flaps, heatshield, or payload bay.

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Test Vehicle

Booster 9 is a Super Heavy prototype. It is the first booster to feature electronic thrust vector control of the Raptor engines.

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Test Vehicle

Ship 25 is a Starship prototype with a heatshield. Its payload bay was sealed permanently shut.

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Full Stack

Booster 7 & Ship 24 are the Super Heavy and Starship pairing slated to fly the orbital test flight.

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Test Vehicle

Ship 24 was the first Starship prototype to feature a payload door meant to deploy Starlink satellites. However, the payload door was later sealed shut. Ship 24 flew on the first integrated Starship launch.

Destroyed

Structural Test Article

Booster 7.1 is a structural test article that performs stress testing to verify the limits of the current Super Heavy design.

Retired

Test Vehicle

Booster 7 was the first Super Heavy vehicle to accommodate 33 Raptor engines and static aero surfaces. It was part of the first integrated Starship launch.

Destroyed

Full Stack

Booster 4 and Ship 20 were the first vehicles to be assembled into a full Starship stack. Originally, they were slated as the vehicles for the first orbital launch attempt. However, this is no longer the plan.

Retired

Test Vehicle

Ship 20 was the first Starship prototype to receive a full heat shield. It was also the first ship to be mated with a booster. Originally slated to be part of the first orbital Starship launch, it is no longer set to fly.

Retired

Test Vehicle

Booster 4 was the first Super Heavy vehicle to be outfitted with 29 Raptor engines and four grid fins. Originally slated to be part of the first orbital Starship launch, it is no longer set to fly.

Retired

Test Vehicle

Booster 3 is the first Super Heavy prototype to reach the launch site. It is expected to conduct proof testing and other tests on the ground but is not expected to conduct a test flight.

Retired

Structural Test Article

B2.1 is a test vehicle made with a ship thrust dome and a booster aft skirt. The purpose of this unusual tank is not clear.

Retired

Structural Test Article

BN2.1 was a test tank designed to validate the structural soundness of the Super Heavy thrust section using cryogenic proof testing with thrust rams.

Retired

Test Vehicle

Starship SN15 was a prototype Starship vehicle that conducted a test flight to 10 kilometers in altitude. It became the first prototype to softly land following a high-altitude test flight. SN15 featured hundreds of upgrades over previous prototypes, including an upgraded thrust puck and Raptor engines. It remains on display at the Starbase production site.

Retired

Structural Test Article

Starship SN12's nosecone was a test article that was used to characterize the performance limitations of the current nosecone design.

Retired

Test Vehicle

Starship SN11 was a prototype Starship vehicle that conducted a test flight to approximately 10 kilometers. During the landing burn, it experienced an anomaly, leading to the loss of the vehicle.

Destroyed

Test Vehicle

Starship SN10 was a prototype Starship vehicle that conducted a suborbital flight using three Raptor engines. SN10 was destroyed in an explosion a few minutes after a successful landing on the landing pad.

Destroyed

Test Vehicle

Starship SN9 was a test vehicle designed to attempt a high-altitude test flight similar to the one conducted by Starship SN8. SN9 tipped over while undergoing processing in the High Bay on Dec. 11 – colliding with a wall and sustaining damage. As a result, two flaps were replaced before the vehicle was rolled to the pad for flight. Starship SN9 experienced a hard landing during its test flight.

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Test Vehicle

Starship SN8 was a test vehicle designed to perform a 12.5 km test flight. It became the first Starship to be outfitted with three Raptors (SN30, SN32, and SN39). After the first static fire, SN39 was replaced by SN36. After the third static fire, Raptor SN32 was removed due to an anomaly and replaced by Raptor SN42. Thus, SN30, SN36, and SN42 are the Raptors that performed the eventual test flight. During the flight, Starship SN8 was lost due to an anomaly with header tank pressure but completed many test objectives.

Destroyed

Structural Test Article

SN7.2 was a test tank design to test thinner 3mm stainless steel for future Starship prototypes. The tank performed two cryogenic proof tests to verify its capabilities.

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Structural Test Article

The SN7.1 prototype was tested to failure at the end of its test campaign. The test article was used to validate new manufacturing techniques.

Destroyed

Structural Test Article

Starship SN7 was a small prototype tank designed to test a new steel alloy (304L) and welding techniques. It was tested to destruction on two occasions – reaching a record pressure on the second attempt.

Destroyed

Test Vehicle

Starship SN6 successfully performed a 150-meter hop with Raptor SN29.

Retired

Test Vehicle

Starship SN5 was a Starship prototype that flew successfully to 150 meters – becoming the first full-scale tank section to fly. It was outfitted with Raptor SN27 for the flight.

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Test Vehicle

Starship SN4 was the first full-scale tank section to pass a cryogenic proof test. It then went on to complete several successful static fires, before being lost in an explosion after a quick disconnect issue, following a successful static fire. It used Raptor engine SN18 for the first round of static fire testing and Raptor SN20 for the second round.

Destroyed

Test Vehicle

Starship SN3 was lost during a cryogenic proof test. During the test, a lack of pressure in the LOX tank caused it to collapse under the weight of a fueled methane tank. The anomaly was blamed on a test configuration mistake.

Destroyed

Structural Test Article

Starship SN2 was originally planned to be a full-scale Starship tank section which would conduct a hop to 150 meters. Following the loss of Starship SN1, plans for SN2 changed to be only a smaller scale test tank. This allowed SpaceX to quickly verify that the design changes to the thrust section worked as intended. SN2 successfully passed a cryogenic proof test with simulated engine thrust loads.

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Test Vehicle

Starship SN1 was a Starship prototype that popped during a cryogenic proof test. The vehicle's "thrust puck" was unable to withstand the forces of a Raptor engine which were simulated by hydraulic pistons during the test.

Destroyed

Test Vehicle

Starship Mk1 was the first full-scale Starship prototype. A fairing was also built for it, but the fairing was not used during testing at the pad. The vehicle was lost during a cryogenic proof test when the tanks popped.

Destroyed

Test Vehicle

Starhopper is a smaller-scale Starship prototype vehicle. It was a pathfinder used to help SpaceX gain experience with stainless steel. It performed the first two flight tests of SpaceX's methane-fueled Raptor engine.

Retired