Starship
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Oct 13, 2024Starship — Flight 5 (First Tower Catch)
The launch tower’s “chopstick” arms caught the returning Super Heavy booster out of the air — a landing method many called impossible and the key to rapid reuse.
Mission facts
| Date | Oct 13, 2024 |
| Vehicle | Starship |
| Payload | Test flight |
| Destination | Suborbital |
| Customer | SpaceX |
| Booster | Super Heavy caught at the tower |
| Recovery | Tower catch |
| Crewed | No |
| Outcome | Success |
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@misc{elonfacts-missions-starship-flight-5-catch, title={Starship — Flight 5 (First Tower Catch)}, author={{ElonFacts.org}}, year={2026}, url={https://elonfacts.org/missions/starship-flight-5-catch}}
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