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Starship SN8 | 12.5 km Flight

SpaceX · Starship Prototype · Suborbital Pad A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

SpaceX's 115th launch · 27th this year

December 9, 2020Add to calendar
Partial Failure

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, 14:00Dec 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

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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

Pad — Suborbital Pad A

7 launches from this pad · 21 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

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