Successful flight overall, but SN10 landed too hard resulting in a RUD a few minutes after touchdown.
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This page records Starship SN10 | 10 km Flight and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITESpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Starship Prototype
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Launch pad
- Suborbital Pad A
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- SpaceX Starship
- Recovery
- Return to Launch Site, SN10 performed a hard landing on the pad damaging its structure and resulting in an explosive destruction a few minutes later. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Starship Prototype
Prototype of SpaceX's Starship, a fully reusable second stage and space vehicle.
- Height
- 50 m
- Diameter
- 9 m
- Stages
- 1
- Recorded launches
- 9
- First flight
- 2019-07-26
Core
SN10
Flight 1NewLanding failed
- Recovery
- SpaceX Starship Landing Pad
- Landing method
- Return to Launch Site
Recorded timing
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9h windowPublished target
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Launch site & orbit
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
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Launch site
DestinationSuborbital
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