Starship Flight 7
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Starship V2 · Thursday, January 16, 2025 · ★ Landmark flight

Starship Flight 7

First flight of the larger Block 2 ship. Booster caught; ship lost to a propellant leak and fire, breaking up over the Caribbean.

Result
Partial
Super Heavy
Caught
Starship
Lost
Duration
~8.5 min (ship)

Photo: SpaceX

Flight replay

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The flight

What Happened

The debut of the upgraded 'Block 2' (V2) Starship. The Super Heavy booster was caught by the tower, but the new upper stage suffered a propellant leak and fire in its aft section and was lost roughly eight and a half minutes into flight, with debris seen over the Turks and Caicos area.

Firsts

  • First flight of the Block 2 (V2) Starship
  • Second tower catch

Flight path

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The typical Starship flight plan. SpaceX publishes no minute-by-minute timeline for this flight. A dashed line is a stage that did not finish its plan.

Two stages

Booster and Ship

Super Heavy boosterCaught
Caught by the tower (Pad 1)
Starship upper stageLost
Lost ~8.5 min in to a propellant leak and aft fire

Objectives

  • First flight of the taller Block 2 Starship
  • Second booster catch
  • Starlink-simulator deploy test

Anomalies

  • Propellant leak and fire in the ship's aft section
  • Debris over the Turks and Caicos area

Sources