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Watch Live: SpaceX Starship launches on 13th test flight

Watch live as SpaceX launches its revolutionary Starship launcher for a 13th test flight. Liftoff of the Version 3 integrated Starship vehicle from Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 5:45 p.m. CDT / 6:45 p.m. EDT / 2245 UTC on Friday, July 24. The …

SpaceX Starship Flight 13 - Launch & Landing - ATTEMPT 3 LAUNCH STREAM

Starship launches Flight 13, the second launch of the Block 3 vehicle from Pad 2 at Starbase. This is the third attempt following a T-0 abort on July 16, and a weather scrub on July 23. Launch Window: July 24th at 5:45PM to 7:15PM CDT (22:45-00:15 UTC) Mission: Starship's 13th …

Starship's Thirteenth Flight Test

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[4K] Watch SpaceX Launch Starship Flight 13!!

SpaceX is about to launch their second V3 Starship as well as a deploying the first operational V3 Starlink satellites! It will still be a sub-orbital mission with similar objectives to Flight 12, but an important step towards orbit and full reuse. Want to learn what's new and different about …

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Flight 13

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Overview

Destination: Suborbital
Mission: Test Flight

Suborbital Orbital Launch Pad 2 SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Booster 20 - Gulf of Mexico

13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink satellites to space, which will extend solar arrays and antennas and will attempt to connect with ground stations in South Africa and the larger Starlink constellation via high-capacity lasers. 6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

Telemetry

Launch trajectory and telemetry simulations provided by Flight Club - a rocket launch simulator and orbital trajectory visualiser for all things space!

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • July 11, 2026, 11:08 p.m.

GO for launch.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 16, 2026, 3:29 p.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 16, 2026, 4:03 p.m.

Tweaked T-0.


LL2 • July 16, 2026, 10:07 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • July 16, 2026, 10:46 p.m.

Abort at ignition.


Starship

Family:
Configuration: V3

Third development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    124.4 m
  • Diameter
    9.0 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    9.0 m
  • Launch Mass
    5250.0 T
  • Thrust
    80807.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Starship
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    V3
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Starship V3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    ―
  • Low Earth Orbit
    100000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    ―
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

Booster Info


Booster 20


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: July 24, 2026
Last Flight: July 24, 2026
Flights: 1
Landings Attempted: 1

Landing Information

The Super Heavy Booster 20 attempted to perform a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, but not all of the planned engines ignited during the landing burn and the booster splashed down at higher speeds than planned.

Result: Booster 20 did not land successfully.

Ship 40


Active Cargo Unmanned
Destination: Suborbital
Serial Number: S40

Second V3 Starship, used on the 13th Starship test flight.

Starship V3 Details

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SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 716 Failures: 15 Pending: 128

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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NASASpaceflight

Following Starship V3 debut, SpaceX prepares for follow up

Starship Version 3 flew for the first time this week in a mission of several… The post Following Starship V3 debut, SpaceX prepares for follow up appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

Spaceflight Now

FAA requires SpaceX-led mishap investigation before resumption of Starship launches

The Federal Aviation Administration made the determination after analyzing the results of Starship Flight 12, which took place on Friday, May 22.

NASASpaceflight

Booster 20 into Cryogenic Testing ahead of Starship Flight 13

Starship Flight 12 may have only recently concluded, but SpaceX’s Starbase teams are already deep… The post Booster 20 into Cryogenic Testing ahead of Starship Flight 13 appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

NASASpaceflight

Booster 20 Completes Cryo, As Ship 40 Nears Static Fire

With the completion of Flight 12 about three weeks ago, all focus is now on… The post Booster 20 Completes Cryo, As Ship 40 Nears Static Fire appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

NASASpaceflight

Ship 40 completes single-engine static fire; Booster 20 and Pad 2 see new work

SpaceX rolled out Ship 40 for engine testing, but after completing only a single engine… The post Ship 40 completes single-engine static fire; Booster 20 and Pad 2 see new work appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Orbital Launch Pad 2


Starship
Go
2 days, 8 hours ago
Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)
Orbital Launch Pad 2 - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. 3rd flight of Starship V3 and the first Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of S…


Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 7 hours ago
USSF-385
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bu…


Electron
Success
4 days, 20 hours ago
Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (StriX Launch 13)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.


Long March 6A
Success
6 days, 12 hours ago
Yaogan 40 Group 04
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing".


Long March 8A
Success
1 week ago
SatNet LEO Group 26
Commercial LC-1 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Kinetica 1
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
9 satellites
Launch Area 130 - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Share-ride of 9 commercial Earth observation and technology demonstration satellites to SSO, details TBD.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 3 days ago
Starlink Group 15-27
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Long March 2D
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
PIESAT-2 13-16
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for the Chinese Earth observation satellite company PIESAT.


Electron
Success
1 week, 4 days ago
Owl By The Dozen (StriX Launch 12)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.


Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Success
1 week, 6 days ago
Glonass-K1 No. 20 (?)
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

Note: Satellite serial number and Cosmos designation not confirmed. Glonass-K are the third generation of satellite design for GLONASS satellite n…