Ship 30
Ship 30 (S30) is the 2nd stage vehicle used for the fifth Starship integrated flight test. Lost to the ocean after a successful soft splashdown.
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SpaceX • Starship V1 • Orbital Launch Pad 1 (TX)
Fifth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
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Fifth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.

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Fifth test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
First 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 fifth Starship integrated flight test. First Super Heavy sucessfully caught.
Ship 30 (S30) is the 2nd stage vehicle used for the fifth Starship integrated flight test. Lost to the ocean after a successful soft splashdown.
The Superheavy booster No. 12 has successfully returned to the launch site at Starbase.
Starship Ship 30 has made an atmospheric re-entry and soft landing over the Indian Ocean.