
Booster 14
Super Heavy booster used for the 7th Starship flight test. Successfully caught by the launch tower. Reused on the 9th Starship flight test for a planned high speed water splashdown but destroyed during landing burn.
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SpaceX • Starship V2 • Orbital Launch Pad 1 (TX)

SpaceX • Starship V2 • LP-1
9th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.

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9th 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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ArticleThe next launch of SpaceX’s super heavy lift rocket would come nearly three months after the last test flight. Liftoff from Starbase, Texas, is planned durin...
ArticleSpaceX has received clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the 10th test… The post FAA approves Starship Flight 10 after mishap...
ArticleStarship Flight 9 is in the books, and SpaceX reflew a Super Heavy Booster and,… The post Booster 14 Reflies, SpaceX already preparing next vehicle for Prim...
ArticleThe ninth flight test of SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket took place on May 27, 2025, achieving a marginal improvement over the previous two missions. Al...
ArticleStarship’s ninth Integrated Flight Test (IFT-9) did not go as planned, but it got further than the last two attempts. IFT-7 and IFT-8 exploded over the Cari...
ArticleThe mission saw the Block 2 version of the upper stage get further than the previous two flights, but the rocket succumbed to leaks that caused a loss of att...
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Super Heavy booster used for the 7th Starship flight test. Successfully caught by the launch tower. Reused on the 9th Starship flight test for a planned high speed water splashdown but destroyed during landing burn.
Ship 35 (S35) is the 2nd stage vehicle used for the ninth Starship flight test. It is the third "Block 2" Starship spacecraft with lengthened propellant tanks and forward flaps with a new design, among other enhancements. The spacecraft lost attitude control during its sub-orbital flight and burnt up during re-entry.
Starship Ship 35 failed to made a controlled re-entry and splashdown in the Indian Ocean after losing attitude control during the coast phase.