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Mission · 6 June 2024

Starship Flight 4

Both stages completed controlled returns and soft splashdowns for the first time.

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Ascent of the fourth flight on 6 June 2024; both stages later made their first controlled splashdowns.Real photograph · SpaceX · Se svolením SpaceX / used with permission

Starship Flight 4 launched on 6. 6. 2024 from Starbase, Texas, as an uncrewed integrated test of SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy system. Both stages completed controlled returns and soft splashdowns for the first time.

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  1. Launch date: 6. 6. 2024
  2. SpaceX · Starbase · Starship / Super Heavy
  3. Uncrewed developmental flight test.
  4. Both stages completed controlled returns and soft splashdowns for the first time.
  5. Suborbital profile, without delivery to stable Earth orbit.

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last verified · 6 October 2026

  1. SpaceX — Flight 4

Spaceflightpedia. (n.d.). Starship Flight 4. Retrieved 9 October 2026, from https://spaceflightpedia.com/article/starship-flight-4

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