Starship | Flight 13

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.

Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)

• Booster 20 · flight 1 · Ocean @ Gulf of Mexico · zone record 18/22

• GO! - SpaceX - Starship - Starship Flight 13 - Pad 2 - Starbase, TX - Space Affairs Live — SPACE AFFAIRS
• SpaceX Starship Flight 13 - Launch & Landing - ATTEMPT 2 LAUNCH STREAM — NASASpaceflight

1. T−50MGO for Prop Load
2. T−36M33SStage 1 LOX Load
3. T−35MStage 1 LNG Load
4. T−34M14SStage 2 LNG Load
5. T−34M13SStage 2 LOX Load
6. T−21M40SEngine Chill
7. T−2M50SStage 1 Propellant Load Complete
8. T−2M10SStage 2 Propellant Load Complete
9. T−30SGO for Launch
10. T−17SFlame Deflector Activation
11. T−3SIgnition
12. P0DExcitement Guaranteed
13. P0DLiftoff
14. T+58SMax-Q
15. T+2M18SMECO
16. T+2M21SStage 2 Separation
17. T+2M25SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
18. T+3M3SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
19. T+6M27SStage 1 Landing Burn
20. T+6M53SStage 1 Landing
21. T+8M5SSECO-1
22. T+16M40SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
23. T+27M39SPayload Deployment Sequence End
24. T+38M58SSEB-2
25. T+47M30SAtmospheric Entry
26. T+1H2M23SStarship Transonic
27. T+1H3M1SStarship Subsonic
28. T+1H5M1SStarship Landing Burn
29. T+1H5M3SLanding Flip
30. T+1H5M12SStarship Landing
31. T+1H5M19SStarship Landing
32. T+1H5M21SStarship Landing

• Delayed to NET July 23.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/19/2026 · source

• Setting GO.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/17/2026 · source

• NET July 20, TBC.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/17/2026 · source

• Reverted back to NET July TBD pending more information.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2026 · source

• Scrubbed for the day.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2026 · source

• Abort at ignition.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2026 · source

• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  LL2 · 7/16/2026 · source

• Tweaked T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2026 · source

• Tweaked T-0.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/16/2026 · source

• GO for launch.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/11/2026 · source