Article "SpaceX’s Starship explodes during routine test in Texas"
by Ruxandra Iordache
June 19, 2025
by Ruxandra Iordache
June 19, 2025
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While preparing for a 6-engine static fire test as part of its pre-flight test campaign, SpaceX's Ship 36 experienced an anomaly, resulting in destruction of the vehicle and significant damage to the Massey's rocket test site in Starbase, TX. The test site is approximately 5 miles away from the Starship production facility, and roughly 9 miles from the Brownsville city limits.
The launch of SpaceX’s tenth flight test of a fully integrated Starship was aborted due to weather constrains from Starbase, Texas, on 24 August 2025, at 23:59 UTC (18:59 CDT).
A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s tenth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 26 August 2025, at 23:30 UTC (18:30 CDT). According to SpaceX, the Starship upper stage will repeat its suborbital trajectory and target objectives not reached on the previous three flight tests, including the deployment of eight Starlink simulators. The Super Heavy booster will attempt several flight experiments “while on a trajectory to an offshore landing point in the Gulf of America and will not return to the launch site for catch”.
A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s tenth flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 26 August 2025 at 23:30 UTC (18:30 CDT). According to SpaceX, during the tenth flight test “Starship upper stage will again target multiple in-space objectives, including the deployment of eight Starlink simulators, similar in size to next-generation Starlink satellites”. Starship performed a controlled re-entry over the Indian Ocean.
A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s eleventh flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 13 October 2025, at 23:23 UTC (18:23 CDT). According to SpaceX, the Starship upper stage will repeat its suborbital trajectory and target objectives not reached on the previous three flight tests, including the deployment of eight Starlink simulators. The Super Heavy booster previously flew on Flight 8, has 24 flight-proven Raptor engines, and its primary test objective was demonstrating a unique landing burn engine configuration on a trajectory to an offshore landing point. The Starship upper stage will target multiple in-space objectives, including the deployment of eight Starlink simulators on a suborbital trajectory.
A Super Heavy rocket booster launched a Starship upper stage for SpaceX’s eleventh flight test of a fully integrated Starship, from Starbase, Texas, on 13 October 2025 at 23:23 UTC (18:23 CDT). According to SpaceX, during the eleventh flight test “Starship upper stage will target multiple in-space objectives, including the deployment of eight Starlink simulators” on a suborbital trajectory. Starship performed a controlled re-entry over the Indian Ocean.