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Starship V1

SpaceX · Starship · RETIRED

Starship V1 is a reusable launch vehicle built by SpaceX. It stands 121.3 m tall, lifts 15,000 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 20 April 2023. It has flown 6 times with 4 successes, a success rate of 66.7%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height121.3 m
Diameter9.0 m
Payload to LEO15,000 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight20 April 2023
ReusableYes, stage recovery
Launch costNOT ON FILE
StatusRETIRED

As listed by Launch Library 2. The cost is Launch Library’s figure, not a quoted price. Figures for rockets outside the sixty most-flown were last read on 2026-11-05.

Flight record

Reliability

ON RECORD
Total flights6
Successful4
Failed2
Success rate66.7%
Landing attempts5
Landing success40.0% (2)
Scheduled0
VariantV1

About Starship

First development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Upcoming flights

Manifest

EMPTY

Starship is retired, and no flight is filed.

All upcoming launches

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Elon & the Starships (50711597728)
Elon & the Starships (50711597728)Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA · CC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
StarshipIntegrationTower
StarshipIntegrationTowerFederal Aviation Administration · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗
Starship full stack
Starship full stackHotel Pika · CC BY-SA 2.0Wikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Starship V1 flown?
6 times, with 4 successes and 2 failures.
What is Starship V1's success rate?
66.7%. That's 4 successful flights out of 6 attempts. Its landings have succeeded 40.0% of the time, across 5 attempts.
How much can Starship V1 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Starship V1 at 15,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Starship V1 reusable?
Yes. Launch Library 2 lists Starship V1 as reusable, with 2 successful recoveries from 5 attempts. On most reusable rockets that's the first stage, not the whole rocket.