Prototype Overview

Decommissioned and Active Starship Vehicles

Nosecone Test Article

Status: Disassembled
Basic information
This is a Starship nosecone prototype with a cage that is used to simulate aerodynamic forces.
Upcoming event
?
History
  1. The Nosecone Test Article was rolled out to the launch site on April 22, 2021
  2. The Nosecone Test Article performed its structural proof test on April 28, 2021

​Starship SN15

Status: On Pad B
Basic information
SN15 conducted a high altitude flight test similar to SN11's with a successful landing and was the first Starship which landed successfully. It features massive upgrades over SN8 - SN11 according to Elon. It might fly again.
Upcoming event
Second flight attempt? 
History
  1. SN15 was rolled out to Suborbital Pad A on April 8, 2021
  2. SN15 performed its first cryogenic proof test successfully on April 12, 2021
  3. SN15 performed its second cryogenic proof test successfully on April 13, 2021
  4. ​SN15 performed its first static fire test successfully on April 26, 2021
  5. ​SN15 performed its second static fire test (header tanks) successfully on April 27, 2021
  6. SN15 performed its 10km test flight successfully on May 5, 2021 (watch here)

​Superheavy BN1 ​

Status: Scrapped
Basic information
BN1 ist the first prototype of the Superheavy Booster [roughly 70m tall] which is a manufacturing pathfinder.
Upcoming event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.​
History
  1. ​BN1 completed final stacking on March 18, 2021
  2. Scrapping has started on April 12, 2021

​Starship SN11 ​

Status: RUD
Basic information
SN11 is the 4th Starship (5th if you count MK1) with a nosecone and control-surfaces. It performed a High Altitude Test Flight, just like SN8, SN9 and SN10 did.
Upcoming event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.​
History
  1. SN11 finished construction and was moved to Suborbital Launch Pad B on March 8 2021
  2. SN11 performed its cryogenic proof test successfully on March 11, 2021
  3. SN11 performed its first Static fire test unsuccessfully on March 15, 2021
  4. SN11 performed its second static fire test successfully on March 22, 2021
  5. SN11 performed its 10km test flight on March 30, 2021, but fell apart two seconds after flip burn relight. (watch here)

Starship SN10

Status: ​RUD
Basic Information
SN10 is the third Starship (4th if you count MK1) with a nosecone and control-surfaces. It performed a high altitude test flight just like SN8 and SN9 did. 
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. SN10 finished construction and was moved to Suborbital Launch Pad A on January 29, 2021
  2. ​SN10 performed its cryogenic proof test successfully on February 8, 2021
  3. SN10 performed its first static fire test unsuccessfully on February 23, 2021 (One Raptor Engine had to be swapped out)
  4. SN10 performed its second static fire test successfully on February 25, 2021 
  5. SN10 performed its 10km test flight successfully on March 3, 2021 (but it exploded 8 minutes after landing) Watch the flight here, Watch the explosion here

Starship SN9

Status: RUD
Basic information
SN9 is the second Starship (3th if you count MK1) with a nosecone and control-surfaces. It performed a high altitude test flight, similar to SN8's. Explodes on touchdown, because one of one Raptor failed to reignite (overcorrected the flip maneuver). 
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History 
  1. SN9 finished construction and was moved to Suborbital Launch Pad B on December 22 2020
  2. ​SN9 performed its cryogenic proof test successfully on December 29, 2021
  3. SN9 performed its first static fire test unsuccessfully on January 6, 2021
  4. SN9 performed its second static fire test successfully on January 13, 2021
  5. SN9 performed its third static fire test successfully on January 13, 2021
  6. SN9 performed its 4th static fire test successfully on January 13, 2021
  7. SN9 performed its 5th static fire test unsuccessfully on January 21, 2021 
  8. SN9 performed its 6th static fire test successfully on January 22, 2021 
  9. SN9 performed its 10km test flight on February 2, 2021, but one engine failed at relight  Watch the flight here

Starship SN8

Status: RUD
Basic Information
SN8 is the first Starship (2nd if you count MK1) with a nosecone and control surfaces. It performed a high altitude test flight (12.5km). It was lost due to a pressure drop in the methane header tank.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. ​SN8 performed its first cryogenic proof test unsuccessfully on October 6, 2020
  2. ​SN8 performed its second cryogenic proof test unsuccessfully on October 7, 2020
  3. SN8 performed its third cryogenic proof test successfully on October 8, 2020
  4. SN8 performed its first static fire test successfully on October 20, 2020 
  5. SN8 performed its 4th Cryogenic Proof Test (LOX Header) successfully on November 3, 2020
  6. SN8 performed its second static fire test successfully on November 10, 2020​
  7. SN8 performed its third static fire test unsuccessfully on November 12, 2020
  8. SN8 performed its 4th static fire test successfully on November 24, 2020
  9. SN8 performed its 12.5km test flight on December 9, 2020, but failed to land

Test Tank SN7.2

Status: Unknown
Basic Information
SN7.2 is a Test Tank to test the 3mm (other starships have 4mm) stainless steel 
Upcoming Event
Unknown
History
  1. ​SN7.2 performed its cryogenic proof test successfully on January 26, 2021
  2. ​SN7.2 was pressurized to failure (a leaked occurred on its side) on February 4, 2021
  3. ​SN7.2 was moved back to build site on March 15, 2021

Test Tank SN7.1

Status: Popped
Basic Information
SN7 was a tank to test a new production technique.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. ​SN7.1 performed its cryogenic proof test successfully on September 10, 2020
  2. ​SN7.1 performed its first testing successfully on September 14, 2020
  3. SN7.1 performed its second testing successfully on September 15, 2020
  4. ​SN7.1 was successfully pressurized to failure on September 23, 2020

Test Tank SN7

Status: Popped
Basic Information
SN7 was a tank to test a new production technique.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. ​SN7 successfully underwent a cryogenic proof test on June 15, 2020
  2. SN7 was successfully pressurized to failure on June 23, 2020

Starship SN6

Status: Scrapped 
Basic Information
SN6 was the second (third, if you count Starhopper) flying starship. It performed a short 150m hop same as SN5.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. SN6 performed its cyrogenic proof test successfully on August 16, 2020
  2. SN6 performed its static fire test successfully on August 23, 2020
  3. SN6 performed its 150m Hop successfully on September 3, 2020 (watch the hop here)

Starship SN5

Status: Scrapped 
Basic Information
SN5 was the first (second, if you count Starhopper) flying starship. It performed a short 150m hop.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. SN5 performed its cyrogenic proof test successfully on June 30, 2020
  2. SN5 performed its static fire successfully on July 30, 2020
  3. SN5 performed its 150m Hop successfully on August 4, 2020 (watch the hop here)

Starship SN4

Status: RUD
Basic Information
SN4 was a full scale Starship test section which was used for 5 static fire tests. It exploded on the 5th Static Fire Test.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. SN4 performed its first cyrogenic proof test successfully on April 26, 2020
  2. SN4 performed its first static fire test successfully on May 5 ,2020
  3. SN4 performed its second static fire test successfully on May 7, 2020
  4. SN4 performed its second cyrogenic proof test successfully on May 9, 2020
  5. SN4 performed its third static fire test successfully on May 19, 2020
  6. SN4 performed its 4th static fire test successfully on May 28, 2020
  7. SN4 performed its 5th static fire test unsuccessfully on May 29, 2020 and exploded at this attempt

Test Tank SN3

Status: RUD [Collapsed]
Basic Information
SN3 was meant to conduct a 150m hop. It collapses on its Cryogenic Proof Test.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. SN3 collapsed during its cyrogenic proof test on April 03, 2020

Starship SN2

Status: Serving as water tower
Basic Information
SN2 should originally be a full scaled Starship tank section which would conduct a 150m hop. But due to the SN1 failure, SpaceX decided to use SN2 as a smaller test tank. 
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. SN2 performed its cyrogenic proof test successfully on March 08, 2020

Starship SN1

Status: RUD
Basic Information
SN1 was a test tank. It popped during its Cryogenic Proof Test.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. SN1 failed during its cyrogenic proof test due to a thrust puck issue on February 28, 2020

TT2 (Bopper2)

Status: Popped
Basic Information
The second unnamed Starship test tank was intended to further validate new ring construction & weld methods
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. Bopper 1 was intentionally pressurized to failure on January 28, 2020

Unnamed Nose Cone Prototype

Status: Popped
Basic Information
This prototype was built to test the LOX header tank in the nose cone.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. The prototype underwent its cryogenic proof test on January 24, 2020
  2. It was intentionally pressurized to failure on January 25, 2020

TT1 (Bopper 1)

Status: Popped
Basic Information
The first unnamed Starship test tank was intended to further validate new ring construction & weld methods
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. Bopper 1 was intentionally pressurized to failure on January 10, 2020

Starship Mk1

Status: RUD
Basic Information
Mk1 was the first full scale Starship prototype. It popped during its Cryogenic Proof Test. The nose cone was removed before testing.
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. Mk1 performed its cyrogenic proof test unsuccessfully on November 20, 2019

Starhopper

Status: Retired [On the Launch Pad]
Basic Information
Starhopper was the first Starship prototype. It was used to gain experience with the new Raptor engines and the stainless steel alloy, so they performed two flight tests. Starhopper is still on the Launch Site. (Its nose cone collapsed due to high winds).
Upcoming Event
No upcoming Events. The Vehicle isn't active any more.
History
  1. Starhopper performed it's first static fire test successfully on April 3, 2019
  2. Starhopper performed it's second first static fire test successfully on April 5, 2019
  3. Starhopper performed it's third first static fire test successfully on July 16, 2019
  4. Starhopper performed it's 18m hop successfully on July 25, 2019
  5. Starhopper performed it's 150m hop successfully on August 27, 2019 (watch here)