Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Starship V1
Vehicles:
S31 (Flight 1)
Landing: Splashdown
Launch Site: LP-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 success
4th consecutive success
1st launch for B13
1st launch for S31
6th SpaceX launch from LP-1
Turnaround: 37.36 days
2nd landing
1st landing partial failure
1st consecutive landing partial failure
Turnaround: 37.36 days
386th total landing attempt
1st total landing partial failure
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing partial failure
119th SpaceX mission of 2024
118th mission success of 2024
4th Starship V1 mission of 2024
421st SpaceX mission
412th SpaceX success