Integrated Flight Test 2
Starship V1. Orbital Launch Pad 1, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
Launch Partially Failed
Flight termination system activated on Starship after T+8 minutes, seconds before planned SECO, due to a leak of liquid oxygen causing a combustion event and fires which led to a loss of communication. Booster was destroyed during the boost-back burn. most likely due to a filter blockage on a liquid oxygen line supplying the engines. Most planned primary objectives achieved.
- Recovery
- Booster 9: Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, failed
- S25: Expended, not recovered
1 Lost, 1 Expended
- Your Time
- UTC
- At the Pad
Integrated Flight Test 2
SpaceX
Mission
Test Flight, Suborbital
Second test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster is expected to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage will follow a suborbital trajectory and perform an unpowered splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii).
Change Log
Detected changes and source updates
Updated failure reason.
Added launch time to the seconds.
Starship successfully performed stage separation, while the Booster and Ship were lost after separation and seconds before shutdown respectively.
Liftoff
Countdown has resumed
Holding at T-40 seconds
Livestream has started
launch delayed to saturday to replace a grid fin actuator.
SpaceX has received the FAA license to launch Starship on its second test flight. Setting GO for the attempt on November 17 between 13:00 and 15:00 UTC (7-9am local).
Refined launch window.
NET November 17, pending final regulatory approval.
Refined daily launch window.
NET November 15 per marine navigation warnings.
NET November 13 per marine navigation warnings.
SpaceX is targeting NET Mid-November for the second flight of Starship. This is subject to regulatory approval, which is currently pending.
Targeting November 2023, pending regulatory approval.
Moving to NET October awaiting regulatory paperwork approval.
IFT-2 is NET August according to a tweet from Elon. This is a highly tentative timeline, and delays are possible, and highly likely. Pad upgrades should be complete by the end of June, with vehicle testing starting soon after.