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Mission type | Flight test |
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Operator | SpaceX |
Mission duration | 1 hour, 6 minutes, 10 seconds |
Orbits completed | <1 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Starship Ship 29 |
Spacecraft type | Starship |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | June 6, 2024, 12:50:00 UTC (7:50 am CDT)[1] |
Rocket | Super Heavy (B11) |
Launch site | Starbase, OLM-A |
End of mission | |
Landing date | |
Orbital parameters | |
Regime | Suborbital[2] |
Apoapsis altitude | 213 km (132 mi)[3] |
Inclination | 26.8°[4] |
Starship integrated flight test 4 was the fourth flight test of a prototype Starship launch vehicle, the world's most powerful rocket.[5] The prototype vehicles flown were the Starship Ship 29 upper-stage and Super Heavy Booster 11.[6][7] SpaceX performed the flight test on June 6, 2024.
The main test objectives of this flight, both of which were accomplished, were for the Super Heavy booster to simulate a landing at a "virtual tower" just above the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, and for Starship to survive at least peak heating during atmospheric re-entry.[8]
This marked the first integrated test flight where both Starship and Super Heavy successfully reentered and performed a powered vertical landing over the ocean surface.
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