2023-W46
13 Nov 2023 to 19 Nov 2023
8 claims: 2 CONFIRMED, 6 UNCONFIRMED
Grouped by the site stated in the claim; moves use their destination. No site means no site was stated. A claim naming several vehicles or hardware items appears once under a combined group.
pad1 Starbase Pad 1
Site and other claims
schedule CONFIRMED
Flight 2 lifted off from Starbase Pad 1 on 18 Nov 2023 at 7:02 a.m. CT.
No site
B9
note UNCONFIRMED
On Flight 2, Booster 9 started all 33 Raptors and completed a full-duration ascent burn. After hot-staging it began the boostback burn, then broke up more than three and a half minutes into the flight at about 90 km over the Gulf of Mexico.
assign UNCONFIRMED
Assign Booster 9 as the booster on Flight 2.
identify UNCONFIRMED
Identify Booster 9 as the Super Heavy booster that flew Starship Flight 2.
S25
note UNCONFIRMED
On Flight 2, Ship 25 was the first Starship to reach outer space after a hot-staging separation. Telemetry was lost near the end of the second-stage burn, and a command destruct was triggered before engine cutoff.
assign UNCONFIRMED
Assign Ship 25 as the ship on Flight 2.
identify UNCONFIRMED
Identify Ship 25 as the Starship upper stage that flew Starship Flight 2.
Site and other claims
identify CONFIRMED
Identify Flight 2 as Starship's second flight test.