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The Lightning God Defends (iQPS Launch 8)
Electron
ProviderRocket Lab
PadUnknown Pad
DateAug 20, 2026
Time (UTC)01:00 PM UTC
Launch clockT– to liftoff
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Partial Failure
10 km Flight
Starship PrototypeSpaceXSuborbital Pad B
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 · 08:25 PM UTC
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
The SN9 Starship performed a first flight similar to the one of SN8. It launched up to an altitude of 10 km or 33,000 ft, did a belly flop maneuver and a controlled descent to the landing pad where the landing flip maneuver was unsuccessful and resulted in the destruction of the prototype on impact.
Payload10 km Flight
OrbitSuborbital
CustomerSpaceX Starship
Stages2
PadSuborbital Pad B, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Mission Timeline
31 / 31100%Ground vector
Launch site
Site locked
Suborbital Pad B
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Global range
- Latitude
- 25.997°N
- Longitude
- 97.155°W
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Clear
Watch
TrackingNo active constraints
Weather Rules
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
Window
03:00 PM UTC - 11:59 PM UTC
Provider
SpaceX
Profile →USA • Founded 2002
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...
Schedule History
No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.
