BoosterB20
Super Heavy V3- Engines
- 33x Raptor 3
- Height
- 72.3 m
- Propellant
- ~4,000 t
- Flight
- First flight
Second V3 booster to fly. Boostback and Gulf splashdown, no tower catch.
Next flight
Starship | Flight 13
Starship V3 (Block 3) Go for Launch
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14:13:59
The second flight of Starship V3, carrying a real payload for the first time: 20 Starlink V3 satellites.
UTC · Zulu 22:45 THU 16 JUL
Boca Chica 17:45 THU 16 JUL · CT
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Window 90 min Suborbital, near-orbital velocity
Pad Orbital Launch Pad 2 Suborbital
Mission objectives
- › Deploy 20 Starlink V3 satellites, the first real Starship payload
- › Link the satellites to the constellation and ground stations via lasers
- › Image the heat shield in flight with 6 camera-equipped satellites
- › Fly white-painted tile targets to test heat shield analysis
- › In-space Raptor relight demonstration
- › Booster boostback and controlled Gulf splashdown
Live updates
Launch Library - 11 JUL, 23:08 UTC Latest
GO for launch.
Launch Library - 08 JUL, 19:49 UTC
NET July 15, TBC.
Launch Library - 07 JUL, 19:46 UTC
NET July 14, TBC.
Launch Library - 13 JUN, 14:27 UTC
NET July.
Launch Library - 09 JAN, 09:59 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.
Launch weather · Boca Chica Evaluated across the launch window
Updated 16 Jul, 08:31 UTC
1 watch item
Forecast flags: cloud cover.
Surface wind
16/23 mph
Within limits
Precipitation
1%
Low chance
Cloud cover
100%
Thick layer
Wind at 250 hPa
15 mph
Nominal shear
Hourly · Boca Chica time
12:00 86° Overcast 4%
13:00 89° Partly cloudy 2%
14:00 89° Overcast 2%
15:00 89° Overcast 0%
16:00 88° Overcast 2%
17:00 87° Overcast 1%
18:00 86° Partly cloudy 0%
19:00 85° Overcast 0%
20:00 84° Partly cloudy 0%
21:00 83° Overcast 0%
22:00 82° Overcast 0%
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.
THU 16 JUL Target launch day
12:00 - 20:30 CT
FRI 17 JUL Contingency
12:00 - 20:30 CT
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.
Flight profile Planned timeline · 12 events
Launch Booster Ship Payload
- Liftoff T+00:0033 Raptor 3 ignite, liftoff from Pad 2
- Max Q T+00:58Peak aerodynamic pressure on the stack
- MECO T+02:18Most booster engines shut down
- Hot-stage separation T+02:21Ship ignites and separates from the booster
- Boostback burn T+02:25Booster steers back toward the Gulf
- Booster landing burn T+06:27Booster relights for a soft splashdown
- Booster splashdown T+06:53Super Heavy splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico
- SECO T+08:05Ship engine cutoff, coast phase begins
- Starlink deploy T+16:4020 Starlink V3 satellites released over 11 minutes
- Raptor relight T+38:58In-space engine relight demonstration
- Reentry T+47:30Ship begins atmospheric reentry
- Ship splashdown T+1:05:21Landing flip, burn and Indian Ocean splashdown
Curated from SpaceX flight material. Timings are planned targets and shift with the countdown.
- SAT 13 JUNNET July.
- TUE 07 JULNET July 14, TBC.
- WED 08 JULNET July 15, TBC.
- SAT 11 JULGO for launch.
- THU 16 JUL Current NETTargeted launch time
ShipS40
Starship V3- Engines
- 9x Raptor 3
- Height
- ~61 m
- Payload bay
- 20x Starlink V3
- Flight
- First flight
Second V3 upper stage. Carries the first real payload: 20 Starlink V3 satellites, 6 of them fitted with cameras to image the heat shield.