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Mission type | Flight test |
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Operator | SpaceX |
Mission duration | 49 minutes, 35 seconds (achieved)[1] 1 hour, 4 minutes, 39 seconds (planned) |
Orbits completed | <1 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Starship Ship 28 |
Spacecraft type | Starship |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | March 14, 2024, 13:25:00UTC |
Rocket | Super Heavy (B10) |
Launch site | Starbase, OLM-A |
End of mission | |
Destroyed | March 14, 2024, 14:14:35 UTC[1] |
Orbital parameters | |
Regime | Suborbital (achieved)[1] Transatmospheric Earth orbit (planned)[1] |
Periapsis altitude | -50 km (achieved)[1] 50 km (31 mi) (planned)[1] |
Apoapsis altitude | 234 km (145 mi) (achieved)[1] 235 km (146 mi) (planned)[2] |
Inclination | 26.5°[1] |
Starship integrated flight test 3 was the third flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on March 14, 2024.[3][4]
Starship successfully completed a full-duration second stage burn, reaching the intended orbital velocity for the first time, but broke up during re-entry in the atmosphere.[4][5][6]
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