Starship V1: spacecraft history, specs and record
First-generation second stage of the two-stage Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
Record
6 launches, 6 built and flown.
At a glance
- Type: reusable Upper Stage
- Built by: SpaceX
- Status: Retired
- Crew: Uncrewed
- First flight: 2023-04-20
- Height: 50.3 m
- Diameter: 9 m
History
The Starship second stage was testing during a number of low and high altitude suborbital flights before the first orbital launch attempt.