SpaceXStarship PrototypeSuborbital Pad A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Starship SN8 | 12.5 km Flight
Launch window
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.December 9, 2020Add to calendar
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SpaceX's 115th launch · 27th this year
Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.
Window: Dec 9, 14:00 – Dec 9, 23:00 UTC
Flight preview
12.5 km Flight
The SN8 Starship prototype was destroyed when attempting to land after a first flight to an altitude of 12.5 km or 41,000 ft.
Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)
Booster
- SN8 · flight 1 · Return to Launch Site @ SpaceX Starship Landing Pad · landing failed · zone record 5/9
Watch
- Starship SN8 12.5km Flight — The Space Devs
- Starship | SN8 | High-Altitude Flight Test — SpaceX
Updates
Nosu · 12/9/2020 · source
new T-0 22:40 UTC
Nosu · 12/9/2020 · source
NET 22:40 utc
scottm3 · 12/9/2020
updated T-0
Nosu · 12/9/2020 · source
Changed T-0 to 21:10 UTC, will be updated again once SpaceX stream is live
Nosu · 12/9/2020 · source
Set to GO, but T-0 kept to 21:30 UTC based on the NASA airborne surveillance plane flight plan.
Nosu · 12/9/2020 · source
Pushed T-0 to 21:30 UTC to match the new flight plan of NASA's airborne surveillance plane.
Nosu · 12/9/2020 · source
Pushed T-0 to 20:00 UTC to roughly match the flight plan of NASA's airborne surveillance plane.
Nosu · 12/9/2020 · source
Standing down for today. Moved to tomorrow's window.
Nosu · 12/8/2020 · source
adjusted T-0 to 22:30 UTC
Nosu · 12/8/2020 · source
