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Starship V1
T-minus to liftoff

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Apr 20, 13:33:09 UTC
StatusFailure
VehicleStarship V1
OrbitSuborbital
PadOrbital Launch Pad 1
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Mission

Maiden flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. The booster was supposed to separate 170 seconds into flight and return to land approximately 32 km off the shore in the Gulf of Mexico. The second stage would have followed a suborbital trajectory and performed an unpowered splashdown approximately 100 km off the northwest coast of Kauai (Hawaii). A launch failure was experienced before stage separation.

Quick facts

VehicleStarship V1
OrbitSuborbital
PadOrbital Launch Pad 1
SiteSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
WindowApr 20, 13:28:00 UTC→Apr 20, 14:30:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyStarship
Acquiring satellite view…
Trajectory unknown
Orbital Launch Pad 1
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
25.996, -97.154
Scrub riskLOW
Go91%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go91%Wind7 ktGusts7 ktCloud50%Temp80°F

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 2004 · upper-level wind 20 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)