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Starship Prototype

Retired

SpaceX

Prototype of SpaceX's Starship, a fully reusable second stage and space vehicle.

Key figures

Total launches
9
Successes
6
Failures
3
Success rate
66.7 %
Success streak
1
Landings
5 of 9
Maiden flight
Jul 26, 2019
Reusable
Yes
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
26d 13h
Planned launches
0
Starship family total
21 launches · 13 successes · 8 failures (4 variants)

🧐 Data check

Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Starship Prototype” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Starship family totals 21 launches across 4 variants.

Technology

Length
50 m
Diameter
9 m
Launch mass
45 t
Stages
1

Engines & propellant

1st stageSuper Heavy: 33× RaptorFlüssigmethan / Flüssigsauerstoff
2nd stageShip: 3× Raptor + 3× Raptor VacuumFlüssigmethan / Flüssigsauerstoff

Engine and propellant data from curated sources: SpaceX — Starship · Wikipedia — Starship

Launches per year

of which in our database: 9

2019: 2 Successes220192020: 2 Successes2020: 1 Failures320202021: 2 Successes2021: 2 Failures42021
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Jul 26, 2019🚀 Maiden flight20m HopView launchVideo
  2. Dec 9, 2020💥 Failure12.5 km FlightView launchVideo
  3. Feb 2, 2021💥 Failure10 km FlightView launchVideo
  4. Mar 30, 2021💥 Failure10 km FlightView launchVideo

Sources