Success
10 km Flight
Test Flight
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialStarship Prototype
Suborbit
The SN15 Starship prototype will perform a test flight similar to SN8 to SN11. It will launch up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft and do a belly flop maneuver followed by a controlled descent to the landing pad.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 10:24 PM
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The SpaceX Starship is a fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX since 2012, as a self-funded private spaceflight project. The second stage of the Starship — is designed as a long-duration cargo and passenger-carrying spacecraft. It is expected to be initially used without any booster stage at all, as part of an extensive development program to prove out launch-and-landing and iterate on a variety of design details, particularly with respect to the vehicle's atmospheric reentry.
Mar 1, 2019 — ongoing
SpX Mission
#134
Pad Launch
#7
Location Launch
#9
Launch Window
NET
May 5, 2021, 10:24 PM
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
5:00 PM
Window Open
1:00 AM
Window Close
Social Flight Log
- May 5, 2021, 10:38 PM
Successful launch and landing of Starship SN15.
Source - May 5, 2021, 9:48 PM
Starship SN15 launch attempt at approximately 22:20 UTC, per SpaceX stream.
Source - May 5, 2021, 8:25 PM
Road has been opened, Starship SN15 flight still possible towards the end of the window.
Source - May 5, 2021, 5:38 PM
Everything is very subject to change - however Boca Chica village is evacuated, road closed and all is looking good for an attempt today.
- May 4, 2021, 4:02 PM
No evacuation notice for today. Starship SN15 flight NET May 5.
Source - May 4, 2021, 2:59 AM
May the 4th is shaping up to be a good opportunity - weather seems to be good, road closures and residents have been notified. Stay tuned tomorrow!
Source - Apr 30, 2021, 5:48 PM
Road closure cancelled for today. Starship SN15 flight NET Monday.
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SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Starbase is an industrial complex for Starship rockets and the headquarters of the American aerospace manufacturer company SpaceX. Located near Brownsville, Texas, United States, it has been under construction since the late 2010s by SpaceX. Starbase is composed of a spaceport near the Gulf of Mexico, a production facility at the Boca Chica village, and a small structure test site along the Texas State Highway 4.
Timezone
America/Chicago
Local Launch Time
May 5, 2021, 5:24 PM
Total Launches
21
Total Landings
13
Coordinates
25.9970, -97.1570
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Founded
2002
Administrator
CEO: Elon Musk
Total Launches
681
Successful
666
Failed
15
Pending
120
Consecutive Success
166