12.5 km Flight
Starship Prototype. Suborbital Pad A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
Launch Partially Failed
Test completed set out objectives, but the vehicle failed to land successfully due to low pressure in the propellant header tanks cutting out the engines.
- Recovery
- SN8: Return to Launch Site, SpaceX Starship Landing Pad, failed
1 Lost

12.5 km Flight
SpaceX
Mission
Test Flight, Suborbital
The SN8 Starship prototype was destroyed when attempting to land after a first flight to an altitude of 12.5 km or 41,000 ft.
Change Log
Detected changes and source updates
new T-0 22:40 UTC
NET 22:40 utc
updated T-0
Changed T-0 to 21:10 UTC, will be updated again once SpaceX stream is live
Set to GO, but T-0 kept to 21:30 UTC based on the NASA airborne surveillance plane flight plan.
Pushed T-0 to 21:30 UTC to match the new flight plan of NASA's airborne surveillance plane.
Pushed T-0 to 20:00 UTC to roughly match the flight plan of NASA's airborne surveillance plane.
Standing down for today. Moved to tomorrow's window.
adjusted T-0 to 22:30 UTC
Updated T-0 to fit the new flight plan of NASA's airborne surveillance plane.
Slight push of the T-0 to account for fuel loading duration
Pushed T-0 all the way to 2100 UTC to match the flight plan of a NASA airborne surveillance aircraft.
Set to GO with T-0 at the beginning of the TFR. Subject to change.
Pushed to Monday based off road closures and flight restrictions.
TFR published for december 4 to 6, 14:00 to 23:00 UTC.
Changed status
