SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 6

SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 6 (IFT-6) will be the sixth integrated flight test of a prototype Starship launch vehicle. The prototype vehicles planned to be flown are the Ship 31 upper-stage and Booster 13.[1]

Starship IFT-6
NamesIntegrated Flight Test-6
Mission typeFlight test
OperatorSpaceX
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftShip 31
Spacecraft typeSpaceX Starship
ManufacturerSpaceX
Start of mission
Launch dateNET 2024 (2024)
RocketSpaceX Super Heavy Booster 13
Launch siteStarbase
← IFT-5
IFT-7 →
 

SpaceX is expecting to perform the flight test in 2024.[2][3] As of July 2024, the flight profile for flight 6 remains unknown.

Background

Vehicle testing ahead of launch

S31 was rolled to Masseys for cryogenic testing on May 11.[4] During its first cryogenic test on May 12, an electrical anomaly occurred,[5] and was rolled back to the production site for repairs on May 15.[6] S31 completed a successful cryogenic test in early July.[7]

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