SN15 launched with improvements in its structures, avionics, software, and engines The first prototype to feature a nosecone and flaps - Starship serial number (SN8) - flew to an altitude of 12 ...

After SN15 was recovered and moved back to the build ... about ~1,040 metric tons of CH4 (~780 on the booster, ~260 on Starship) and ~3,760 metric tons of LOX (~2,820 on the booster and ~940 ...

Starship also represents the reason for SpaceX ... that was followed by the first large-scale demonstrator, called SN15, which completed a high-altitude test flight for the first time in May ...