Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Starship V1
Launch Site: Pad 1, Starbase, Texas
Payloads:
Satellite: Banana (for scale)
Destination: Transatmospheric
Customer: SpaceX
Details:
This launch was conducted later in the day allowing for daytime camera views in the ship splashdown location for the first time. The catch of B13 was aborted due to a groundside loss of communications with the tower despite everything initially polling GO for the catch. B13 performed a successful splashdown in the Gulf. S31 performed a successful splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This launch featured Starship's first ever payload - a plush banana (for scale). Final flight of Starship Block 1
5th Starship V1 mission
4th Starship V1 success
4th consecutive Starship V1 success
6th Starship mission
4th Starship success
4th consecutive Starship success
1st launch for S31
1st launch for B13
1st catch attempt for B13
1st catch at Pad 1 for B13
6th SpaceX launch from Pad 1
Turnaround: 37.36 days
2nd landing attempt at Pad 1
1st landing partial failure at Pad 1
1st consecutive landing partial failure at Pad 1
Turnaround: 37.36 days
386th total SpaceX landing attempt
1st total SpaceX landing partial failure
2nd Super Heavy catch attempt
1st Super Heavy catch partial failure
119th SpaceX mission of 2024
118th SpaceX mission success of 2024
4th Starship mission of 2024
4th Starship family mission of 2024
421st SpaceX mission
412th SpaceX mission success
47th consecutive SpaceX mission success