Starship flight test 1
 Illustration of Booster 7 and Ship 24 ready for launch | |
| Mission type | Test flight |
|---|---|
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Mission duration | 90 minutes (planned) |
| Orbits completed | <1 (planned) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | Febuary 2023 (planned)[1] |
| Rocket | Starship rocket |
| Launch site | Starbase, Texas |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 2023 (planned) |
| Landing site | Pacific Ocean near Kauai |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Regime | Transatmospheric Earth orbit |
SpaceX Starship's first orbital test flight is expected to launch once SpaceX completes a successful test of all 33 Raptor 2 engines, and makes environmental adjustments to Starbase, the planned launch site, as required by the Federal Aviation Administration.[2][3][4] SpaceX plans on using Starship Prototypes, Ship 24 and Booster 7. The Starship second stage will enter an transatmospheric Earth orbit with a positive perigee in the atmosphere. This will allow Ship 24 to reenter the atmosphere after completing around one orbit without having to restart its engines for a deorbit maneuver.
Background
Starship is planned to be a fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle, designed by SpaceX.[5] Made up of two stages, Starship is planned to be used for satellite deployment, space tourism, and interplanetary spaceflight.[6][7]
Mission
The vehicle will launch from Starbase, at Boca Chica, Texas, on the United States Gulf Coast.[8] The booster and spacecraft will separate about 170 seconds into the flight. The booster will partially return, and land about 20 miles (32 km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. The spacecraft will execute a deceleration burn while reentering the atmosphere, and then perform a propulsive landing in the Pacific Ocean, about 62 miles (100 km) northwest of Kauai.[9] More recent filings suggest that SpaceX wants to keep the possibility of catching the super heavy booster.[10] While no date has been confirmed for the launch, SpaceX announced on Twitter on January 10, 2023 that Ship 24 had been stacked on Super Heavy Booster 7.[11]
See also
- Falcon Heavy test flight
- Falcon 9 first-stage landing tests
- Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit
- Ratsat
References
- ^ https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/
- ^ Mike Wall (22 March 2022). "Elon Musk says SpaceX's huge Starship rocket will 'hopefully' launch on 1st orbital flight in May". Space.com. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ Sheetz, Michael (13 June 2022). "FAA requires SpaceX to make environmental adjustments to move forward with its Starship program in Texas". CNBC. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "SpaceX may send Starship on its first orbital flight in December". Engadget. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "SpaceX". SpaceX. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ Roulette, Joey (11 February 2022). "What Is Starship? SpaceX Builds Its Next-Generation Rocket". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ Petrova, Magdalena (13 March 2022). "Why Starship is the holy grail for SpaceX". CNBC. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ @elonmusk (2 August 2022). "A *successful* orbital flight is probably between 1 and 12 months from now" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Starship Orbital - First Flight FCC Exhibit".
- ^ "SpaceX wants to attempt Starship booster catch during first orbital launch". 12 July 2022.
- ^ SpaceX Twitter, Jan 10 2023
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