Sixth integrated Starship test flight: Ship 31 relit a Raptor engine in space for the first time, survived reentry and made a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The Super Heavy booster's tower catch was waved off after loss of communications with the tower, and it instead splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Sub
- Suborbital
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 6th
- of 6 Starship V1 flights
- Date and time
- 19 November 2024, 22:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Starship V1
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Orbital Launch Pad 1, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- Payload
- Test Flight
- Launches in 2024
- 221st of 263