Retired 🇺🇸United States
Suborbital Pad A
A launch pad at SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.7 launches have flown from it since July 2019, 6 of 7 successfully.
Launches
7
Success rate
85.7% 6/7
Failures
1
First flight
2019-07-26
Latest flight
2021-05-05
Busiest year
2020 3 flights
Fastest turnaround
29d 17h 51m
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 25.9971° N
97.1550° W - Status
- Retired
- Spaceport
- SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- Country
- United States
- Pad operator
- SpaceX
- LL2 pad tally
- 7 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
Suborbital Pad A was used for Starhopper flights, the SN5 and SN6 hops, as well as multiple Starship high altitude flight tests. It was demolished at the end of 2023, to make room for a second orbital pad.
Who launches from here
1 operatorVehicles flown
1 typeLaunches per year
decided flights2019Peak 2020, 3 launches2021
Orbits delivered
1 destinationSuborbital 7
Flight record
7 flights| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-05 | Starship SN15 | 10 km Flight | Starship Prototype | SpaceX | Suborbital | Success |
| 2021-03-03 | Starship SN10 | 10 km Flight | Starship Prototype | SpaceX | Suborbital | Success |
| 2020-12-09 | Starship SN8 | 12.5 km Flight | Starship Prototype | SpaceX | Suborbital | Partial failure |
| 2020-09-03 | Starship SN6 | 150m Hop | Starship Prototype | SpaceX | Suborbital | Success |
| 2020-08-04 | Starship SN5 | 150m Hop | Starship Prototype | SpaceX | Suborbital | Success |
| 2019-08-27 | Starship Hopper | 150m Hop | Starship Prototype | SpaceX | Suborbital | Success |
| 2019-07-26 | Starship Hopper | 20m Hop | Starship Prototype | SpaceX | Suborbital | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.