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Starship V1 · Thursday, June 6, 2024 · ★ Landmark flight
Starship Flight 4
Booster soft-splashdown in the Gulf; ship survived reentry despite flap damage and splashed down in the Indian Ocean.
- Result
- Success
- Super Heavy
- Splashdown
- Starship
- Splashdown
- Duration
- ~1 hr 6 min
Photo: SpaceX
Flight replay
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The flight
What Happened
A major step forward: the Super Heavy booster performed a controlled soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, and Starship survived a fiery reentry, despite visible damage to a forward flap, to reach a controlled soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
Firsts
- First Super Heavy soft splashdown
- First Starship to survive reentry through to splashdown
Flight path
Two stages
Booster and Ship
- Super Heavy boosterSplashdown
- Controlled soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico
- Starship upper stageSplashdown
- Survived reentry and soft-splashed in the Indian Ocean
Objectives
- Booster soft splashdown in the Gulf
- Survive Starship reentry
- Controlled Starship splashdown
Anomalies
- Forward-flap damage during reentry (vehicle survived)