Starship V1 upper stage
Starship V1 was the first upper-stage generation used for integrated Starship flights. Ships 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, and 31 flew the first six tests from 2023 through 2024, establishing hot-staging, spaceflight coast, atmospheric entry, in-space Raptor relight, and controlled ocean splashdown capability.
Identity
- Aliases
- Starship first generationStarship Block 1
- Family Name
- Starship upper stage
- Full Name
- Starship V1 upper stage
- Reusability
- fully_reusable
- Slug
- starship-v1-upper-stage
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
- Variant Name
- V1
Details
- Description
- Starship V1 was the first upper-stage generation used for integrated Starship flights. Ships 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, and 31 flew the first six tests from 2023 through 2024, establishing hot-staging, spaceflight coast, atmospheric entry, in-space Raptor relight, and controlled ocean splashdown capability.
- Engines
- Count
- 6
- Name
- Raptor
- Placement
- orbiter
- First Flight Year
- 2,023
- Last Flight Year
- 2,024
- Manufacturer Id
- jd7ce2bqftfeecsmsam5yhj86d7kqbmw
- Operator Id
- jd7ce2bqftfeecsmsam5yhj86d7kqbmw
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7khpk0rmpsyt1eq5nhpb6sa98ae81z
- Stages Count
- 1
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- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 5:08:17 PM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 5:11:36 PM