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SpaceX • Starship V2 • Orbital Launch Pad 1 (TX)
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Eighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
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Starship IFT patchEighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
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Eighth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Second development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
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.
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Super Heavy booster used for the 8th Starship flight test. Successfully caught by the launch tower. Reused on the 11th Starship flight test and completed a planned high speed water splashdown.
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Ship 34 (S34) is the 2nd stage vehicle used for the eighth Starship flight test. It is the second "Block 2" Starship spacecraft with lengthened propellant tanks and forward flaps with a new design, among other enhancements.
The Superheavy booster No. 15 was successfully caught by the launch pad tower.
Starship Ship 34 was lost during ascent.
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