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Starship SN9 was a test vehicle designed to attempt a high-altitude test flight similar to the one conducted by Starship SN8. SN9 tipped over while undergoing processing in the High Bay on Dec. 11 – colliding with a wall and sustaining damage. As a result, two flaps were replaced before the vehicle was rolled to the pad for flight. Starship SN9 experienced a hard landing during its test flight.
Starship SN9 attempted a flight test to approximately 10 kilometers. The vehicle had an anomaly when the engines were supposed to reignite for the landing burn – leading to a hard landing. However, many test objectives were still completed. For the flight, Starship used Raptors SN45, SN48, and SN49.
Starship SN9 successfully performed a triple-engine static fire test.
Starship SN9 attempted another static fire test, but the firing was aborted during the Raptor ignition sequence.
Starship SN9 conducted a static fire using its Raptor engines. This was the third and final static fire of the day – completing a record day of testing. SpaceX had not performed multiple static fires on the same day until this day of testing.
Starship SN9 conducted a static fire using its Raptor engines. It was the first time that SpaceX conducted more than one static fire in a single day.
Starship SN9 performed a triple-engine static fire to verify that it was ready for flight.
Starship SN9 attempted a triple engine static fire test to ensure that it was ready for the flight test. The static fire was not full duration, necessitating a redo.
Starship SN9 performed a cryogenic proof test of its main tanks to verify that the vehicle is ready for Raptor engine testing.