Starship SN10
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
History
10km Test Flight
Starship SN10 performed a flight test to 10 kilometers. The launch was the first to use a three-engine flip maneuver for engine-out redundancy. All three Raptors successfully relit. SN10 then went down to a single Raptor to reduce thrust. The vehicle successfully touched down on the landing pad, but landed hard, resulting in an explosion a few minutes later. The anomaly was likely due to the Raptor engine ingesting helium, resulting in lower than expected thrust.
Suborbital Pad A, Starbase, Texas, USA
Wed Mar 03, 2021
Static Fire #2
Static Fire #1
Starship SN10 performed a triple-engine static fire test to verify that the vehicle was ready for flight. The test found that a Raptor engine was suspect, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, necessitating a Raptor swap. The static fire will likely have to be redone as a result.
Suborbital Pad A, Starbase, Texas, USA
Tue Feb 23, 2021