Names | Integrated Flight Test-6 |
---|---|
Mission type | Flight test |
Operator | SpaceX |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Ship 31 |
Spacecraft type | SpaceX Starship |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | NET 2024 |
Rocket | SpaceX Super Heavy Booster 13 |
Launch site | Starbase |
SpaceX Starship flights |
SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 6 (IFT-6) will be the sixth integrated flight test of a prototype Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles planned to be flown are the Ship 31 upper-stage and Booster 13. [1]
SpaceX is expecting to perform the flight test in 2024. [2] [3] As of July 2024, the flight profile for flight 6 remains unknown.
S31 was rolled to Masseys for cryogenic testing on May 11. [4] During its first cryogenic test on May 12, an electrical anomaly occurred, [5] and was rolled back to the production site for repairs on May 15. [6] S31 completed a successful cryogenic test in early July. [7]
Names | Integrated Flight Test-6 |
---|---|
Mission type | Flight test |
Operator | SpaceX |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Ship 31 |
Spacecraft type | SpaceX Starship |
Manufacturer | SpaceX |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | NET 2024 |
Rocket | SpaceX Super Heavy Booster 13 |
Launch site | Starbase |
SpaceX Starship flights |
SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 6 (IFT-6) will be the sixth integrated flight test of a prototype Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles planned to be flown are the Ship 31 upper-stage and Booster 13. [1]
SpaceX is expecting to perform the flight test in 2024. [2] [3] As of July 2024, the flight profile for flight 6 remains unknown.
S31 was rolled to Masseys for cryogenic testing on May 11. [4] During its first cryogenic test on May 12, an electrical anomaly occurred, [5] and was rolled back to the production site for repairs on May 15. [6] S31 completed a successful cryogenic test in early July. [7]