• Source: List of Starship upper stage flight tests

SpaceX conducted eleven flight tests of prototype rockets for the Starship development program from 2019 to 2021. These tests only included prototypes of the ship, or upper stage, rather than the full two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The scope of these tests ranged from short static fires, or tethered engine firings, to launches to approximately 10 km with landing attempts.
SpaceX began testing with the test article Starhopper in 2019, including two short hops with the article tethered to the ground. Starhopper and two early ship prototypes, SN5 and SN6, then completed untethered flights. Five ships, beginning with SN8, performed flights to approximately 12.5 km (SN8 only) or 10 km. On descent, the ships flipped into a "belly flop" maneuver, falling in the horizontal position with aerodynamic control from the four body flaps. This was to simulate the descent after atmospheric reentry on an orbital mission. After falling to an altitude of about 500 m, the engines relit and flipped the ships vertical for landing on a concrete pad, with varying degrees of success.




Flight History






See also


SpaceX Starship design history
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches




Notes






References

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