Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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SpaceX launches Starship Flight 9: Ship 35 and Booster 14-2 on the ninth orbital test flight!
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This test flight aims to improve on SpaceX's previous Test Flight attempts at launching a full-stack Starship.

Main objectives:

- Booster Water Landing
- 4x Starlink (dummy) deployment
- Raptor Engine reuse
- Raptor engine relight
- Test redesigned heat shield
- Test actively cooled heat shield
- Reentry of Ship 35
- Virtual landing attempt in the Indian Ocean

The launch will take off at SpaceX's Starbase in South Texas, USA.

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