Starship | Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15)
15th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle and 4th flight of Starship V3. Second Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of Starlink satellites known as Starlink Group 31-2) into stable Low Earth Orbit and first ever to attempt returning the Starship 2nd stage back to the launch site. The ship is expected to fly at an altitude approximately 275 km above Earth and complete approximately 14 orbits around the planet for more than 22 hours, with the ship expected to attempt returning back to Starbase, Texas on its launch pad by pad arms catching. The booster’s primary test objective on Flight 15 will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and landing by pad arms catching. This will also be the 1st Starship V3 booster to attempt returning to its launch site. Starship will deliver 26 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit for the second time, which aim to greatly expand the network's capacity and user speeds. Each Starlink V3 satellite will add 1 Tbps of capacity to the constellation. 3 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heatshield and transmit imagery down to operators.
- 07 NOV, 16:04 UTC Latest
Updated payload name.
Launch Library - 07 NOV, 15:54 UTC
GO for launch, pending regulatory approval.
Launch Library - 05 NOV, 21:52 UTC
NET November 13.
Launch Library - 28 OCT, 19:46 UTC
NET November.
Launch Library - 13 SEPT, 06:33 UTC
Adding launch
Launch Library
SpaceX posts launch updates on X. These are transcribed by Launch Library editors, not embedded, with a manual override for launch day.
No weather criteria flagged across the launch window forecast.
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Indicative read from Open-Meteo. Not the official launch commit criteria or the weather officer's go/no-go call. The launch window is highlighted.
No closure windows posted yet.
Each day shows the City of Starbase road and beach closure window, the real constraint on when a launch can happen. SpaceX posts closures a few days ahead, so the contingency days grow as the date approaches.
No flight profile published yet.
Curated after SpaceX posts the flight plan
- WED 28 OCTNET November.
- THU 05 NOVNET November 13.
- SAT 07 NOVGO for launch, pending regulatory approval.
- FRI 13 NOV Current NETTargeted launch time