Just days after SN10 completed the first \u2013 albeit hard \u2013 Starship prototype landing, SN11 rolled out to the launch site for its own attempt. Incremental progress is being made with the test flights, with another tweak to the landing sequence set to be implemented, based on data gained from SN10. Meanwhile, the first Super Heavy prototype continues stacking operations while parts for up to Starship SN20 are being staged at the Production Site.<\/p>\n
These future vehicles are set to take up residence at a launch site SpaceX plans to expand, per updated documentation.<\/p>\n
Starship SN10:<\/p>\n
The clean-up of SN10 remains is continuing following what was a successful test flight.<\/p>\n
Despite the Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (RUD) that occurred minutes after landing, SN10 achieved more milestones than her SN8 and SN9 sisters \u2013 both of which crashed into the pad and exploded.<\/p>\n
SN10 mirrored the key objectives successfully undertaken by SN8 and SN9, including ascent profile, Raptor performance, and a stable return utilizing the aero surfaces. However, SN10 went a stage further, actually touching down on the landing pad in one piece.<\/p>\n
This was, in part, thanks to the refined relight process for the Raptors, with three engines igniting ahead of the flip maneuver. This was a refinement to mitigate the issue suffered by SN9, which called for two Raptors to relight, only for one engine to fail, resulting in the vehicle being unable to complete the flip to vertical.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n