Starship Flight Test 2
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Starship flight test 2 was the second flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on November 18, 2023. The mission's primary objectives were for the vehicle to hot stage—a new addition to Starship's flight profile—followed by the second stage attaining a near-orbital trajectory with a controlled reentry over the Pacific Ocean, while the booster does a boostback burn with a propulsive splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
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SpaceX Starship IFT-2 vehicle in flight
NOAA weather radar image of the Ship 25 debris cloud re-entering the atmosphere, as reproduced by astronomer Jonathan McDowell- Starship, SpaceX’s transformational megarocket, makes it to space - scientific article published on 18 November 2023