Successful launch of Starship on a nominal suborbital trajectory all the way to atmospheric re-entry, which it did not survive. Super Heavy experienced a hard water landing due to multiple Raptor engines failing to reignite.
Update ↗
SpaceXLaunch Successful
Integrated Flight Test 3
Starship V1
Historical mission record
This page records Starship | Integrated Flight Test 3 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
Source record updated . This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.
Check the source: SpaceX ↗ · Launch Library ↗ · Flight Club ↗
Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITESpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Mission
Third test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
- Launch vehicle
- Starship V1
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Spacecraft
- Ship 28
- Destination
- Indian Ocean
- Launch pad
- Orbital Launch Pad 1
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- SpaceX Starship
- Recovery
- Ocean, Landing burn of Booster 10 failed. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Starship V1
First development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
- Height
- 121.3 m
- Diameter
- 9 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 6
- First flight
- 2023-04-20
Core
Booster 10
Flight 1NewLanding failed
- Recovery
- Gulf of Mexico
- Landing method
- Ocean
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
1h 50m windowPublished target
WINDOW OPENS
WINDOW CLOSES
Target ·
The target marker shows its position within the published window. The schedule may change before launch.
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−01:15:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:53:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:51:00
Stage 2 LNG Load
- T−00:42:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:41:00
Stage 1 LNG Load
- T−00:19:40
Engine Chill
Show the full sequence (29 events)
- T−00:03:30
Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete
- T−00:02:50
Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete
- T−00:00:30
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:10
Flame Deflector Activation
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Excitement Guaranteed
- T+00:00:02
Liftoff
- T+00:00:52
Max-Q
- T+00:02:42
MECO
- T+00:02:44
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:55
Booster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+00:03:50
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+00:06:36
Booster Transonic
- T+00:06:46
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:07:04
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:08:35
SECO-1
- T+00:11:56
Payload Door Open
- T+00:24:31
Propellant Transfer Demo
- T+00:40:46
SEB-2
- T+00:49:05
Atmospheric Entry
- T+01:02:16
Starship Transonic
- T+01:03:04
Starship Subsonic
- T+01:04:39
Starship Landing
Launch site & orbit
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
The mission in perspective
Launch site
DestinationSuborbital
Explore the launch pad on Earth using its published coordinates.
Explore Earth’s orbits
Drag to rotate
Coverage & sources
Links supplied by the mission data provider.
Coverage and times may change.
Explore on iPhone
Browse mission details and discover upcoming launches in Spacian.
Open mission in Spacian ↗