The SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4) was the fourth integrated flight test of a prototype Starship launch vehicle, the world's most powerful rocket. 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 marks the first integrated test flight where both Starship and Super Heavy successfully reentered and performed a simulated powered vertical landing over the ocean surface.
Launch date: June 6, 2024, 12:50:00 UTC
Rocket: SpaceX Super Heavy Booster 11
Launch site: Starbase
Booster Landing: June 6, 2024, 12:57:30 UTC
Spacecraft Landing: June 6, 2024, 13:55:57 UTC
Orbital parameters
Regime Suborbital
Apoapsis altitude 213 km
Inclination 26.8°
30 сен 2024
