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Starship Flight 6

Monday, November 18, 2024

▲BoosterSplashdown●ShipSplashdown

Booster catch waved off to a soft splashdown; Starship performed the first in-space Raptor relight and carried its first payload.

The booster catch was waved off when commit criteria were not met, and the Super Heavy performed a soft splashdown in the Gulf instead. Starship demonstrated the first in-space relight of a Raptor engine, carried the flight's first payload (a mass-simulator banana), and completed a daylight splashdown.

Super Heavy Booster

Catch waved off — soft splashdown in the Gulf

Starship (Upper Stage)

In-space Raptor relight; daylight splashdown

Objectives

  • Second tower-catch attempt
  • First in-space Raptor relight
  • Daylight Starship splashdown

Milestones / Firsts

  • First in-space relight of a Raptor engine
  • First payload flown (a mass-simulator banana)

Anomalies

  • Booster catch waved off (commit criteria not met)

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