Flight 9
Starship V2. Orbital Launch Pad 1, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
Launch Failure
- Recovery
- Booster 14: Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, failed
- S35: Ocean, Indian Ocean, failed
2 Lost
- Your Time
- UTC
- At the Pad
Flight 9
SpaceX
Mission
Test Flight, Suborbital
9th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Countdown Sequence
Planned offsets from T-0; confirmations link to their sources
Sequence Ended · Failure
- T−01:15:00
GO for Prop Load
Launch director verifies go for propellant load
Not Confirmed
- T−00:51:37
Stage 2 LOX Load
Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
Not Confirmed
- T−00:45:20
Stage 2 LNG Load
Start of liquid methane loading in the second stage
Not Confirmed
- T−00:41:37
Stage 1 LNG Load
Start of liquid methane loading in the first stage
Not Confirmed
- T−00:35:52
Stage 1 LOX Load
Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
Not Confirmed
- T−00:19:40
Engine Chill
Start of engine chilling
Not Confirmed
- T−00:03:20
Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete
End of propellant loading in the second stage
Not Confirmed
- T−00:02:50
Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete
End of propellant loading in the first stage
Not Confirmed
- T−00:00:30
GO for Launch
Launch director verifies go for launch
Not Confirmed
- T−00:00:10
Flame Deflector Activation
Activation of the flame deflector ahead of engine ignition
Not Confirmed
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
Start of the engine ignition sequence
Not Confirmed
- T+00:00:00
Excitement Guaranteed
Excitement guaranteed
Not Confirmed
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
T-0
Not Confirmed
- T+00:00:02
Liftoff
First upwards movement of the rocket
Not Confirmed
- T+00:01:02
Max-Q
Maximum dynamic pressure
Not Confirmed
- T+00:02:35
MECO
Cut-off of the main engine
Not Confirmed
- T+00:02:37
Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
Not Confirmed
- T+00:02:47
Booster Boostback Burn Startup
Start of the booster boostback burn
Not Confirmed
- T+00:03:27
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
End of the booster boostback burn
Not Confirmed
- T+00:03:29
Booster Hot Stage Jettison
Separation of the hot stage from the booster
Not Confirmed
- T+00:06:19
Stage 1 Landing Burn
Start of the first stage landing burn
Not Confirmed
- T+00:06:40
Stage 1 Landing
Landing of the first stage
Not Confirmed
- T+00:08:56
SECO-1
First cut-off of the second engine
Not Confirmed
- T+00:18:26
Payload Separation
Final deployment of the payload from the rocket
Not Confirmed
- T+00:37:49
SEB-2
2nd burn of the second engine
Not Confirmed
- T+00:47:50
Atmospheric Entry
Start of the atmospheric re-entry
Not Confirmed
- T+01:03:11
Starship Transonic
Starship passing through the transonic regime
Not Confirmed
- T+01:04:26
Starship Subsonic
Starship reaches a subsonic velocity
Not Confirmed
- T+01:06:11
Landing Flip
Flip maneuver to set the orientation for landing
Not Confirmed
- T+01:06:16
Starship Landing Burn
Start of the Starship orbital stage landing burn
Not Confirmed
- T+01:06:38
Starship Landing
Landing of the Starship orbital stage
Not Confirmed
Change Log
Detected changes and source updates
Successful ascent, but the Ship lost attitude control after SECO due to a leak, making it unable to achieve its on-trajectory objectives.
Liftoff.
Hold at T-40s.
Tweaked launch window.
GO for launch.
NET May 27.
Delayed to NET May 26.
Reportedly delayed to May 22-23 UTC
NET May 21 (launch windows per https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=62494.msg2685907#msg2685907.)
NET May TBD.
Added launch.