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Starship V1

Retired

SpaceX

First development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Key figures

Total launches
6
Successes
4
Failures
2
Success rate
66.7 %
Success streak
4
Landings
2 of 5
Maiden flight
Apr 20, 2023
Reusable
Yes
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
37d 9h
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 V1” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Starship family totals 21 launches across 4 variants.

Technology

Length
121.3 m
Diameter
9 m
Launch mass
5,000 t
Liftoff thrust
73,550 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
15,000 kg

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: 6

2023: 2 Failures220232024: 4 Successes42024
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Apr 20, 2023🚀 Maiden flightIntegrated Flight TestView launch →▶ Video
  2. Apr 20, 2023💥 FailureIntegrated Flight TestView launch →▶ Video
  3. Nov 18, 2023💥 FailureIntegrated Flight Test 2View launch →▶ Video

Sources