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SpaceXMixed resultTest FlightStarship SN8
Launched 2020-12-09 22:45:25 UTCSuborbital Pad A, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Test completed set out objectives, but the vehicle failed to land successfully due to low pressure in the propellant header tanks cutting out the engines.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Partial failure
Target: Suborbital
Starship Prototype lifted off with 12.5 km Flight, but the launch was only a partial success.
Booster
Landing failed at SpaceX Starship Landing Pad
SN8, 1st flight
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Waiting on the Cause
No cause has been given yet. What SpaceX finds will be added here, and to the updates below.
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.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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new T-0 22:40 UTC
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NET 22:40 utc
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updated T-0
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Changed T-0 to 21:10 UTC, will be updated again once SpaceX stream is live
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Set to GO, but T-0 kept to 21:30 UTC based on the NASA airborne surveillance plane flight plan.
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Pushed T-0 to 21:30 UTC to match the new flight plan of NASA's airborne surveillance plane.
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Pushed T-0 to 20:00 UTC to roughly match the flight plan of NASA's airborne surveillance plane.
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Standing down for today. Moved to tomorrow's window.
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adjusted T-0 to 22:30 UTC
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Updated T-0 to fit the new flight plan of NASA's airborne surveillance plane.
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Slight push of the T-0 to account for fuel loading duration
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Pushed T-0 all the way to 2100 UTC to match the flight plan of a NASA airborne surveillance aircraft.
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Set to GO with T-0 at the beginning of the TFR. Subject to change.
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Pushed to Monday based off road closures and flight restrictions.
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TFR published for december 4 to 6, 14:00 to 23:00 UTC.
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Changed status
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Height
50m
Diameter
9m
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