Starship flight test 4
| Mission type | Suborbital flight test |
|---|---|
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Mission duration | 1 hour, 6 minutes, 10 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Starship Ship 29 |
| Spacecraft type | Starship |
| Manufacturer | SpaceX |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | June 6, 2024, 7:50 am CDT (12:50 UTC) |
| Rocket | Super Heavy (B11) |
| Launch site | Starbase, OLP-A |
| End of mission | |
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| Orbital parameters | |
| Regime | Suborbital |
| Periapsis altitude | −15 km (−9.3 mi) |
| Apoapsis altitude | 213 km (132 mi) |
| Inclination | 26.8° |
Mission patch | |
Starship flight test 4 was the fourth flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on June 6, 2024. The prototype vehicles flown were the Starship Ship 29 upper-stage and Super Heavy Booster 11.
The main test objectives of this flight, both of which were accomplished, were for the Super Heavy booster to simulate a landing at a "virtual tower" just above the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, and for Starship to survive at least peak heating during atmospheric re-entry.
This marked the first integrated test flight where both Starship and Super Heavy successfully reentered and performed a powered vertical landing over the ocean surface.