SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4

Starship IFT-4
Names	Integrated Flight Test-4
Mission type	Flight test
Operator	SpaceX
Mission duration	1 hour, 6 minutes, 10 seconds
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Starship Ship 29
Spacecraft type	SpaceX Starship
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Start of mission
Launch date	June 6, 2024, 12:50:00 UTC (7:50 am CDT)
Rocket	SpaceX Super Heavy Booster 11
Launch site	Starbase
End of mission
Landing date	June 6, 2024; ; Booster: 12:57:30 UTC (07:57:30 am CDT); Spacecraft: 13:55:57 UTC (08:55:57 am CDT)
Orbital parameters
Regime	Suborbital
Apoapsis altitude	213 km
Inclination	26.8°
	SpaceX Starship flights ← IFT-3 IFT-5 →

The SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4) was the fourth integrated 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 marks the first integrated test flight where both Starship and Super Heavy successfully reentered and performed a simulated powered vertical landing over the ocean surface.

^ ^a ^b ^c "STARSHIP'S FOURTH FLIGHT TEST". SpaceX. June 6, 2024. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
^ "STARSHIP'S FOURTH FLIGHT TEST". SpaceX. May 24, 2024. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
^ Scott Manley (June 6, 2024). SpaceX's Starship Literally Melted! But It Kept Flying To A Miraculous Landing!. Archived from the original on June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024 – via YouTube.
^ "Jonathan's Space Report - Latest Issue". Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
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^ "SpaceX Revving Up for Starship Flight 3: | Starbase Update". NASASpaceFlight. January 29, 2024. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
^ Bergin, Chris [@NASASpaceflight] (March 7, 2024). "We are live with testing of Ship 29, which is the upper stage of the fourth Starship Flight Test" (Tweet). Retrieved May 11, 2024 – via Twitter.
^ Davenport, Justin (April 19, 2024). "As IFT-4 prepares for launch, Starship's future is coming into focus". NASASpaceFlight.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

[spacex060124-1] "STARSHIP'S FOURTH FLIGHT TEST". SpaceX. June 6, 2024. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.

[spacex052424-2] "STARSHIP'S FOURTH FLIGHT TEST". SpaceX. May 24, 2024. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.

[manley20240606-3] Scott Manley (June 6, 2024). SpaceX's Starship Literally Melted! But It Kept Flying To A Miraculous Landing!. Archived from the original on June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024 – via YouTube.

[4] "Jonathan's Space Report - Latest Issue". Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2024.

[cbs20240606-5] Cite error: The named reference cbs20240606 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[nsf20240213-6] "SpaceX Revving Up for Starship Flight 3: | Starbase Update". NASASpaceFlight. January 29, 2024. Archived from the original on January 29, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

[nsf20240307-7] Bergin, Chris [@NASASpaceflight] (March 7, 2024). "We are live with testing of Ship 29, which is the upper stage of the fourth Starship Flight Test" (Tweet). Retrieved May 11, 2024 – via Twitter.

[nsf20240503-8] Davenport, Justin (April 19, 2024). "As IFT-4 prepares for launch, Starship's future is coming into focus". NASASpaceFlight.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

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