Initialising mission globe
Paths
  • Ship (actual)
  • Ship (planned)
  • Booster (actual)
  • Booster (planned)
Markers
  • Liftoff
  • Staging
  • Catch / landing
  • Splashdown
  • RUD / anomaly
About

APOGEE

An interactive 3D mission globe that replays the entire SpaceX Starship test campaign, from the 2019 Starhopper hops through IFT-12, on a cinematic Earth.

Pick any flight, press play, and watch the booster and ship animate in mission time. Planned and actual paths are drawn separately, mission phases are highlighted, and a broadcast-style telemetry hub reports speed, altitude, engine status and the phase timeline as the clock runs.

22Flights
2019–2026Era covered
5Vehicle blocks

Data and method

Every trajectory here is reconstructed from publicly available information: SpaceX launch pages and webcasts, public mission recaps, FAA and NASA releases, and reputable reporting. Paths are estimated from launch azimuth, staging time, apogee, downrange and splashdown region using great-circle and ballistic interpolation. They approximate the publicly observed flight, not private telemetry. Altitudes are exaggerated for visibility on globe scale. Each flight carries a confidence rating and a source list, and all reconstructed geometry is labelled as estimated.

Designed and built by David T Phung. Educational project, not affiliated with SpaceX.

Support the mission

Keep the lights on

APOGEE is an independent, open, ad-free project built for the love of spaceflight and good information design. If it helped you understand the Starship program, you can help keep it flying.

Contributions go toward research time, hosting, and building more free interactive explainers like this one. Every bit, large or small, is genuinely appreciated.

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