Starship • Flight 6

SpaceX launched its sixth, suborbital flight test of its fully integrated Starship rocket, a combination of the Ship upper stage (S31) and the Super Heavy booster (B13). SpaceX set out with a plan to catch the Super Heavy booster using the chopsticks on the launch tower, but waived off the opportunity. Additional testing was performed on the heat shield on S31 and SpaceX completed its first re-ignition of one of the Raptor vacuum engines during the Ship’s coast phase. S31 performed a landing flip and made a gentle splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Delayed from Nov. 18.