Suborbital
Starship Test Flight 5
The fifth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, known as Integrated Flight Test 5 (IFT-5), is poised to be the most ambitious test yet. Starship, consisting of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage, will perform a full-stack launch. This test will focus on advancing SpaceX’s key goal of catching the Super Heavy booster mid-air with the "chopstick" arms on the launch tower. Successfully landing both stages will mark significant progress toward making Starship a fully reusable rocket system. Both stages have undergone extensive preparation, including successful static fire tests, where all engines were ignited while the vehicle remained stationary. This test is expected to push the boundaries of rapid rocket reuse, a crucial capability for future missions to the Moon and Mars.
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View in 3D map ↗The mission
The fifth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship, known as Integrated Flight Test 5 (IFT-5), is poised to be the most ambitious test yet. Starship, consisting of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage, will perform a full-stack launch. This test will focus on advancing SpaceX’s key goal of catching the Super Heavy booster mid-air with the "chopstick" arms on the launch tower. Successfully landing both stages will mark significant progress toward making Starship a fully reusable rocket system. Both stages have undergone extensive preparation, including successful static fire tests, where all engines were ignited while the vehicle remained stationary. This test is expected to push the boundaries of rapid rocket reuse, a crucial capability for future missions to the Moon and Mars.
The launch
- Launch
- Oct 13 2024
- Launch location
- Launch Pad, SpaceX Starbase
- Launch vehicle
- Super Heavy / Starship Prototype
- Orbit
- Suborbital
Launch intelligence
A SpaceX Super Heavy / Starship Prototype rocket launched the Starship Test Flight 5 mission on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 12:25 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Super Heavy / Starship Prototype
- COSPAR launch ID
- Not assigned
- Flight profile
- Suborbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Oct 13, 2024, 12:00 UTC
- Target T-0
- Oct 13, 2024, 12:25 UTC
- Window closes
- Oct 13, 2024, 12:30 UTC
- Provider display
- Oct 13 2024
- Pad and location
- Launch Pad, SpaceX Starbase
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
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Gallery
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