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Starship | Flight 7

SpaceX · Starship V2 · Orbital Launch Pad 1, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
SpaceX's 458th launch · 9th this year
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Window: Jan 16, 22:00 – Jan 16, 23:00 UTC
Flight preview
Flight 7
Seventh test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle.
Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)
Booster
- Booster 14 · flight 1 · Return to Launch Site @ Orbital Launch Mount A · landed ✓ · zone record 3/4
Watch
- SpaceX Flight 7 — The Space Devs
- Booster Caught- Starship Loss - SpaceX - Test Flight 7 - OLP-A - Starbase Texas - January 16, 2025 — SPACE AFFAIRS
- Starship's Seventh Flight Test — SpaceX
- [4K] Watch SpaceX Try To Catch Starship's Super Heavy Booster! — Everyday Astronaut
- Watch live: SpaceX launches Starship on 7th test flight, tries to catch returning booster — Spaceflight Now
- 🚀 SpaceX Launches Starship Flight 7 and Attempts Another Booster Catch — NASASpaceflight
Flight timeline
- T−1H15MGO for Prop Load
- T−44M59SStage 2 LOX Load
- T−42M20SStage 2 LNG Load
- T−41M24SStage 1 LNG Load
- T−35M28SStage 1 LOX Load
- T−19M40SEngine Chill
- T−3M20SStage 2 Propellant Load Complete
- T−2M50SStage 1 Propellant Load Complete
- T−30SGO for Launch
- T−10SFlame Deflector Activation
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DExcitement Guaranteed
- T+2SLiftoff
- T+1M2SMax-Q
- T+2M32SMECO
- T+2M40SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M46SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M29SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+3M31SBooster Hot Stage Jettison
- T+6M26SBooster Transonic
- T+6M35SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+6M55SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M53SSECO-1
- T+17M33SPayload Separation
- T+37M33SSEB-2
- T+47M14SAtmospheric Entry
- T+1H3M12SStarship Transonic
- T+1H4M25SStarship Subsonic
- T+1H6M13SLanding Flip
- T+1H6M19SStarship Landing Burn
- T+1H6M39SStarship Landing
Updates
Ship 33 failed late in ascent.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/16/2025 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/16/2025 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 1/16/2025 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/16/2025 · source
GO for launch.
juststephen · 1/15/2025 · source
Now targeting Jan 16 at 22:00 UTC
juststephen · 1/15/2025 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2025 · source
Now targeting Jan 15 at 22:00 UTC
hitura-nobad · 1/12/2025 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2025 · source
Delayed to NET January 13 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/8/2025 · source
Pad — Orbital Launch Pad 1
Local pad time: Jan 16, 4:37 PM CST
11 launches from this pad · 21 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
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