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Starship Flight 4
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Starship Flight 4

Thursday, June 6, 2024

▲BoosterSplashdown●ShipSplashdown

Booster soft-splashdown in the Gulf; ship survived reentry despite flap damage and splashed down in the Indian Ocean.

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.

Super Heavy Booster

Controlled soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico

Starship (Upper Stage)

Survived reentry and soft-splashed in the Indian Ocean

Objectives

  • Booster soft splashdown in the Gulf
  • Survive Starship reentry
  • Controlled Starship splashdown

Milestones / Firsts

  • First Super Heavy soft splashdown
  • First Starship to survive reentry through to splashdown

Anomalies

  • Forward-flap damage during reentry (vehicle survived)

Sources