Second integrated flight test of SpaceX's Starship (Booster 9 and Ship 25) from Starbase. It achieved the first successful hot-stage separation and Starship became the first to reach space at about 150 km, but the booster exploded during boostback and the ship was lost near the end of its burn.
- Outcome
- Failure
- Orbit
- Sub
- Suborbital
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 6 Starship V1 flights
- Date and time
- 18 November 2023, 13:02 UTC
- Rocket
- Starship V1
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Orbital Launch Pad 1, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- Payload
- Test Flight
- Launches in 2023
- 188th of 223