Mission record

Starship SN10 | 10 km Flight

Starship Prototype· Suborbital Pad A· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
Sub
Mission type
Test Flight
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:15:00 GMT

Mission

The SN10 Starship performed a test flight similar to SN8 and SN9. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver followed by a controlled descent to the landing pad. Despite successfully performing the landing flip maneuver with its three Raptor engines, its vertical velocity was too high on landing, damaging its structure and resulting in an explosive destruction a few minutes after touchdown.

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