Starship SN8 prototype

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The Starship SN8 prototype was an early SpaceX full-scale Starship test vehicle that conducted a high-altitude flight and landing attempt as part of the program’s development campaign.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
SpaceX Starship program 4
Starship SN6 1
Starship SN8 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Starship prototype ⓘ
experimental spacecraft ⓘ
test vehicle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs SN8 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
developmentRole technology demonstrator ⓘ
engineType methalox full-flow staged combustion ⓘ
flightProfile suborbital test ⓘ
flightType high-altitude test flight ⓘ
followedBy Starship SN9 ⓘ
fuel liquid methane ⓘ
hasFeature flaps for aerodynamic control ⓘ
header tanks ⓘ
stainless steel structure ⓘ
landingOutcome crash ⓘ
launchDate 2020-12-09 ⓘ
launchSite Boca Chica Launch Site, Texas ⓘ
Boca Chica, Texas ⓘ
launchYear 2020 ⓘ
locationTested Cameron County, Texas ⓘ
manufacturer SpaceX ⓘ
maximumAltitude about 12 km ⓘ
approximately 12.5 km ⓘ
notableFor first Starship belly-flop maneuver at scale ⓘ
first full-scale Starship high-altitude flight ⓘ
numberOfEngines 3 ⓘ
operator SpaceX ⓘ
organization SpaceX ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
partOf SpaceX Starship program ⓘ
linked to: Starship (SpaceX)
precededBy Starship SN6 ⓘ
programPhase early full-scale Starship testing ⓘ
propulsion Raptor engine ⓘ
spaceport SpaceX Starbase ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
retired ⓘ
testObjective aerodynamic control using flaps ⓘ
belly-flop maneuver ⓘ
engine relight during descent ⓘ
flip maneuver before landing ⓘ
high-altitude ascent ⓘ
landing burn test ⓘ
testResult hard landing ⓘ
successful ascent ⓘ
successful belly-flop maneuver ⓘ
successful engine relights ⓘ
vehicle destroyed on impact ⓘ
vehicleFamily SpaceX Starship ⓘ
linked to: Starship (SpaceX)
vehicleStage Starship upper stage ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Starship upper stage → firstFlightVehicle → Starship SN8 prototype ⓘ
Suborbital Pad A → associatedProgram → SpaceX Starship program ⓘ
linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
Orbital Launch Mount → associatedWithProgram → SpaceX Starship program ⓘ
linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
Raptor engine → companyProgram → SpaceX Starship program ⓘ
linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
Raptor Vacuum → relatedProgram → SpaceX Starship program ⓘ
linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
Starship SN8 → precededBy → Starship SN6 ⓘ
subject linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
Starship SN8 → followedBy → Starship SN9 ⓘ
subject linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
linked to: Starship SN8 prototype
Starship spacecraft → firstFlightVehicleVariant → Starship SN8 ⓘ
linked to: Starship SN8 prototype