Starship Flight Timeline

[BobfromWB]

Flight Timeline

Flight 13: Sometimes in early July. Booster 20 and Ship 40. Another suborbital profile, validating the changes SpaceX is making to Raptor 3 and to the version 3 architecture in general.

Flight 14: Beginning of August. Booster 21 and Ship 41. Orbital injection, and the first ever ship catch attempt at the tower. This is the flight that proves Starship can come home.

Flight 15: Beginning of September. Likely Ship 42 with whatever booster is ready by then. Another full mission profile, with the program now genuinely operational.

This is what running a launch program at scale looks like. Not just hardware moving through bays, but a complete operational tempo where the production line, the test campaign, the pad, and the mission planning are all running in lockstep.

SpaceX's Plan To Make Starship Reenter On Flight 14! | 24:32
What about it!? | 650K subscribers | 209,842 views | June 19, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K60YfjHEeo0

[Cyber Liberty]

SpaceX is still leading the race!

[Idiot]

Flight Timeline

Flight 13: Sometimes in early July. Booster 20 and Ship 40. Another suborbital profile, validating the changes SpaceX is making to Raptor 3 and to the version 3 architecture in general.

Flight 14: Beginning of August. Booster 21 and Ship 41. Orbital injection, and the first ever ship catch attempt at the tower. This is the flight that proves Starship can come home.

Flight 15: Beginning of September. Likely Ship 42 with whatever booster is ready by then. Another full mission profile, with the program now genuinely operational.

This is what running a launch program at scale looks like. Not just hardware moving through bays, but a complete operational tempo where the production line, the test campaign, the pad, and the mission planning are all running in lockstep.

SpaceX's Plan To Make Starship Reenter On Flight 14! | 24:32
What about it!? | 650K subscribers | 209,842 views | June 19, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K60YfjHEeo0

Beginning of August a ship catch attempt.  I may have to make the pilgrimage down there to watch another one.  We went down for flight 11 and it was simply amazing to watch.  I still can't believe that they practically let you drive up to the ship.