2025-W22
26 May 2025 to 1 Jun 2025
7 claims: 2 CONFIRMED, 5 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 9 lifted off from Starbase Pad 1 on 27 May 2025 at 6:36 p.m. CT.
No site
B14
note UNCONFIRMED
On Flight 9, Booster 14 flew again after Flight 7, the first Super Heavy reflight. It completed ascent on all 33 Raptors and boostback, then contact was lost shortly after the landing burn began and the booster broke up about six minutes after launch over the Gulf of America.
assign UNCONFIRMED
Assign Booster 14 as the booster on Flight 9. NASASpaceflight calls this second flight Booster 14-2. SpaceX says the booster had previously launched on the seventh flight test.
S35
note UNCONFIRMED
On Flight 9, Ship 35 completed a full-duration ascent burn. The payload bay door did not open, so eight Starlink simulator satellites were not deployed. An attitude control error bypassed the Raptor relight. Contact was lost about 46 minutes into the flight, with debris expected inside the planned hazard area in the Indian Ocean.
assign UNCONFIRMED
Assign Ship 35 as the ship on Flight 9.
identify UNCONFIRMED
Identify Ship 35 as the Starship upper stage that flew Starship Flight 9.
Site and other claims
identify CONFIRMED
Identify Flight 9 as Starship's ninth flight test.