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Starship V2

SpaceX · Starship · RETIRED

Starship V2 is a reusable launch vehicle built by SpaceX. It stands 123.3 m tall, lifts 35,000 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 16 January 2025. It has flown 5 times with 2 successes, a success rate of 40.0%. It has nothing on the Launch Library 2 schedule right now.

Specification

Vehicle spec sheet

ON FILE
Height123.3 m
Diameter9.0 m
Payload to LEO35,000 kg
Payload to GTONOT ON FILE
Maiden flight16 January 2025
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 flights5
Successful2
Failed3
Success rate40.0%
Landing attempts5
Landing success80.0% (4)
Scheduled0
VariantV2

About Starship

Second 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.

Eastern-Bearded-Dragon-2.2,-Vic,-3.1.2008
Eastern-Bearded-Dragon-2.2,-Vic,-3.1.2008jjron · CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Dragon - 2
Dragon - 2CC BY-SA 3.0Wikimedia Commons ↗
Dragon 2 hover test (24159153709)
Dragon 2 hover test (24159153709)SpaceX Photos · public domainWikimedia Commons ↗

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Common questions

How many times has Starship V2 flown?
5 times, with 2 successes and 3 failures.
What is Starship V2's success rate?
40.0%. That's 2 successful flights out of 5 attempts. Its landings have succeeded 80.0% of the time, across 5 attempts.
How much can Starship V2 lift to orbit?
Launch Library 2 lists Starship V2 at 35,000 kg to low Earth orbit.
Is Starship V2 reusable?
Yes. Launch Library 2 lists Starship V2 as reusable, with 4 successful recoveries from 5 attempts. On most reusable rockets that's the first stage, not the whole rocket.