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10 km Flight

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10 km Flight

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Starship Prototype
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Mar 3, 23:15:00 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleStarship Prototype
OrbitSuborbital
PadSuborbital Pad A
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Mission

The SN10 Starship performed a test flight similar to SN8 and SN9. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver followed by a controlled descent to the landing pad. Despite successfully performing the landing flip maneuver with its three Raptor engines, its vertical velocity was too high on landing, damaging its structure and resulting in an explosive destruction a few minutes after touchdown.

Quick facts

VehicleStarship Prototype
OrbitSuborbital
PadSuborbital Pad A
SiteSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
WindowMar 3, 15:00:00 UTC→Mar 4, 00:00:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyStarship
Height50 m
Diameter9 m
Stages1
ReusableYes
Track record6/9 successful
Landings5/9
Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Suborbital Pad A
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
25.997, -97.155
Scrub riskLOW
Go91%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go91%Wind11 ktGusts11 ktCloud5%Temp85°F

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 2001 · upper-level wind 30 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →
First Stage · NewSN10
destroyed1st flight
Flights1
Landings0/10%
Fastest turn—
Landing failed · RTLS· 0 km downrange

SN10 is a Starship Prototype similar in design to SN9. SN10 was destroyed during an explosion on the pad after landing.