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Booster 17 is the final Super Heavy prototype of its generation.

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Booster 16 is a Super Heavy vehicle that has been tested with cryogenic fluids, and is being outfitted with Raptor engines, grid fins, and prepared for an eventual launch.

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Ship 36 is a Starship upper-stage prototype that has completed cryogenic testing at SpaceX's Masseys test site.

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Booster 14 and Ship 35 are the Super Heavy and Starship pair that will launch on Starship Flight 9.

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Ship 35 is a Starship upper-stage prototype that completed cryogenic and static fire testing at SpaceX's Masseys test site. Ship 35 is slated to support Starship Flight 9.

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Booster 15 and Ship 34 are the Super Heavy and Starship pair that launched on Starship Flight 8.

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Booster 15 is a Super Heavy vehicle launched on Starship Flight 8 and successfully caught by the launch tower.

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Ship 34 is a Starship upper-stage prototype that launched on Starship Flight 8. Similarly to Ship 33, Ship 34 also experienced a RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly) shortly before engine cutoff and failed to reach the coast phase of its mission.

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Booster 14 and Ship 33 were the Super Heavy and Starship pair launched on Starship Flight 7. Booster 14 was successfully caught by the launch tower's chopstick arms, but Ship 33 experienced a RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly) shortly before scheduled engine cutoff, and did not complete its part of the mission.

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Booster 14 is a Super Heavy vehicle launched on Starship Flight 7, and was successfully caught on the launch tower's chopstick arms. One of Booster 14's Raptor engines (314) was launched on Booster 12 and reflown on Flight 7. Booster 14 is slated to become the first reused Super Heavy booster, and is planned to launch Starship Flight 9 with 29 flight-proven engines, of the 33 total on the booster.

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Ship 33 was the first next-gen Starship upper-stage prototype and launched on Starship Flight 7. Ship 33 experienced a RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly) shortly before engine cutoff and failed to reach the coast phase of its mission.

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Booster 13 and Ship 31 are the Super Heavy and Starship pair launched on Starship Flight 6.

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Booster 13 is a Super Heavy prototype launched in Starship Flight 6.

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Ship 31 is a Starship upper-stage prototype launched in Starship Flight 6. Ship 31 became the third Starship vehicle to successfully survive atmospheric reentry and the first one to land in daylight.

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Booster 12 and Ship 30 are the Super Heavy and Starship pair launched on Starship Flight 5. Booster 12 has become the first booster to be caught successfully using the chopstick system on the launch tower.

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Booster 12 is a Super Heavy prototype launched on Starship Flight 5 and became the first booster to be successfully caught using the chopstick system on the launch tower.

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Ship 30 is a Starship upper-stage prototype launched on Starship Flight 5. Ship 30 became the second Starship vehicle to successfully survive atmospheric reentry as well as the first to successfully touch down precisely at the planned location softly on the ocean.

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Booster 11 and Ship 29 are the Super Heavy and Starship pair that launched the fourth integrated test flight. They became the first Booster and Ship in the Starship program to successfully touch down softly on the ocean.

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Booster 11 is a Super Heavy prototype that launched in Starship's fourth integrated flight test. Booster 11 became the first Super Heavy Booster to successfully complete a landing burn and touch down softly in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Ship 29 is a Starship upper-stage prototype that launched in Starship's fourth integrated flight test. Ship 29 became the first Starship vehicle to successfully survive atmospheric reentry as well as the first to successfully touch down softly on the ocean.

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Booster 10 and Ship 28 were the Super Heavy and Starship pair that flew on Starship Flight 3.

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Booster 10 is a Super Heavy prototype launched on the third Starship flight test.

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Ship 28 is a Starship upper-stage prototype launched on the third Starship flight test.

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

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Booster 9 and Ship 25 are the Super Heavy and Starship pair that flew in Starship Flight Test 2.

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Booster 9 was a Super Heavy prototype. It was the first booster to feature electronic thrust vector control of the Raptor engines and was the first to support hot-staging through the use of an added hot-staging ring at the top of the booster.

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Ship 25 was a Starship prototype with a heatshield that launched along with Booster 9 on Starship’s second integrated flight test. Its payload bay was sealed permanently shut.

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Booster 7 & Ship 24 are the Super Heavy and Starship pairing that flew on Starship's first integrated launch.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 remained on display for over 2 years after its flight, but was finally cut in half on July 26, 2023.

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

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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