Starship Flight 5 launched on 13. 10. 2024 from Starbase, Texas, as an uncrewed integrated test of SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy system. First Super Heavy tower catch; the ship made a controlled Indian Ocean splashdown.
Mission facts
- Launch date: 13. 10. 2024
- SpaceX · Starbase · Starship / Super Heavy
- Uncrewed developmental flight test.
- First Super Heavy tower catch; the ship made a controlled Indian Ocean splashdown.
- Suborbital profile, without delivery to stable Earth orbit.
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Spaceflightpedia. (n.d.). Starship Flight 5. Retrieved 9 October 2026, from https://spaceflightpedia.com/article/starship-flight-5
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