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9th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.
max cloud-top 4513 m above freezing 5023 m (20% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus
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.