Starship flight test 3

Starship flight test 3
	Video of Starship during flight test 3
Mission type	Flight test
Operator	SpaceX
Mission duration	49 minutes, 35 seconds (achieved); 1 hour, 4 minutes, 39 seconds (planned)
Orbits completed	<1
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Starship Ship 28
Spacecraft type	Starship
Manufacturer	SpaceX
Start of mission
Launch date	March 14, 2024, 8:25 am CDT (13:25 UTC)
Rocket	Super Heavy (B10)
Launch site	Starbase, OLP-A
End of mission
Destroyed	Ship:March 14, 2024, 9:14:49 am CDT (14:14:49 UTC) Booster:March 14, 2024, 8:41:59 am CDT (13:41:59 UTC)
Orbital parameters
Regime	Suborbital
Periapsis altitude	-54 km;
Apoapsis altitude	234 km (145 mi);
Inclination	26.5°
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Starship flight test 3 was the third flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on March 14, 2024.^[2]^[3]

Starship successfully completed a full-duration second stage burn, reaching the intended orbital velocity for the first time, but broke up during re-entry in the atmosphere.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g McDowell, Jonathan (April 24, 2024). "Jonathan's Space Report No. 832". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
^ "Starship's Third Flight Test". SpaceX. Archived from the original on March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Chang, Kenneth (March 14, 2024). "SpaceX Blazes Forward With Latest Starship Launch". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^ Sheetz, Michael (March 14, 2024). "SpaceX's Starship notches major flight test milestones, breaks up over Indian Ocean in final moments". CNBC. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^ "SpaceX's Starship destroyed on return to Earth at end of third test flight". Theguardian. March 15, 2024. Archived from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[JSR-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g McDowell, Jonathan (April 24, 2024). "Jonathan's Space Report No. 832". Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved November 14, 2024.

[Spx-review-2] "Starship's Third Flight Test". SpaceX. Archived from the original on March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

[NYT-20240314kc-3] Chang, Kenneth (March 14, 2024). "SpaceX Blazes Forward With Latest Starship Launch". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

[4] Sheetz, Michael (March 14, 2024). "SpaceX's Starship notches major flight test milestones, breaks up over Indian Ocean in final moments". CNBC. Archived from the original on March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.

[5] "SpaceX's Starship destroyed on return to Earth at end of third test flight". Theguardian. March 15, 2024. Archived from the original on March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

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