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FAQ
- When next launch? (Flight 15) NET Nov 12th. (SpaceNotices, compass.atfm.aero (pptx warning))
- When previous launch? (Flight 14) Starship Flight 14 (Starlink Group 31-1) launched on 2026-09-28.
- What was the result? B21 soft splashdown on target. S41 becomes the first ship to perform an orbital insertion burn. 26 Starlink v3 satellites are deployed. S41 performs a deorbit burn, followed by nominal ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown.
Previous Flights
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- Flight 1: S24 and B7. First full stack launch, RUD before stage separation.
- Flight 2: S25 and B9. Successful stage separation, booster RUD during boostback burn, ship RUD shortly prior to scheduled SECO.
- Flight 3: S28 and B10. Booster performs a successful boostback burn, but experiences RUD during landing burn. Ship makes it past SECO, but loses attitude control and is destroyed on reentry.
- Flight 4: S29 and B11. First successful booster water landing. Ship survives reentry despite burn-through on forward flap, and performs a successful water landing.
- Flight 5: S30 and B12. First booster catch with chopsticks. Ship performs successful water landing.
- Flight 6: S31 and B13. Booster offshore divert due to damage to catch tower during launch. Ship performs successful water landing.
- Flight 7: S33 and B14-1. First V2 Ship launch. Harmonic oscillation on ship causes RUD before SECO. Booster is caught by chopsticks.
- Flight 8: S34 and B15-1. Engine failure on ship causes RUD before SECO. Booster is caught by chopsticks.
- Flight 9: S35 and B14-2. First booster reflight. Ship makes it past SECO, but loses attitude control and is destroyed on reentry. Booster RUD upon landing burn startup prior to planned splashdown.
- Flight 10: S37 and B16. All mission objectives fulfilled. First V2 ship to make it through reentry to landing burn and splashdown. First successful deployment of Starlink simulators. Booster successfully tested landing without one centre engine, using an engine on the middle ring to compensate.
- Flight 11: S38 and B15-2. All mission objectives fulfilled. Ship performs successful landing burn and splashdown, despite intentional missing tiles on heatshield. Second successful deployment of Starlink simulators. Booster successfully tested a 13-5-3 engine landing profile.
- Flight 12: First V3 launch. Successful liftoff. Booster boostback burn is incomplete, and landing burn fails. Ship experiences an R-vac out shortly after stage separation, but limps to orbit on 5/6 engines. In-space raptor relight is cancelled, but payload deployment is nominal. Ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown are nominal.
- Fight 13: Successful liftoff and staging. B20 had a good boostback burn, but landing burn had insufficient engines. S40 performs perfectly, with nominal payload deploy and in-space raptor relight. Ship reentry, landing burn, are nominal, and S40 remains intact after splashdown.
- Flight 14: B21 soft splashdown on target. S41 becomes the first ship to perform an orbital insertion burn. 26 Starlink v3 satellites are deployed. S41 performs a deorbit burn, followed by nominal ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown.
Quick Links
Nerdle Cam | Lab Cam | Sapphire Cam | Sentinel Cam | Rover Cam | Rover 2.0 Cam | Rocket Ranch Cam | Plex Cam | NSF Starbase Live | afarTV Florida Gigabay Live
Starship Dev October | Starlink 31-1 (flight 14) | Starship Dev September | Starship Dev August | Flight 13 | Starship Dev July | Starship Dev June
2026-04-27 SpaceX Starship Update Video
Road closures, road delays, and beach closures
Vehicle Status
*As of 2026-11-06
| Ship | Location | Status | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| S39.1 (test tank) | Massey's | Testing | Returns from Massey's Jul 26th. (NSF, ViX, TrackingTheSB) Rolls back out to Massey's Oct 5th. |
| S40 | Gigabay | Post-flight inspections | Stacking took place from Nov 12th through March 2nd. Cryo testing from May 3rd through May 6th. Engine testing Jun 24th through 26th. Launched Jul 24th. Returns to Megabay 2 Oct 12th. Moves to Gigabay Nov 7th. |
| S42 | Massey's | Pending FTS installation | Stacking began Jul 11th. Cryo tested Sep 3rd and 4th. Chopsticks testing Sep 11th and 12th. Static fired Oct 26th and Oct 27th. |
| S43 | Megabay 2 | Pending engine install | Stacking began around Aug 19th. Cryo testing Oct 23rd through 25th. |
| S43.1 (test tank) | Massey's | Testing | |
| S44 | Megabay 2 | Pending cryo test | Stacking began Oct 2. Assembly completed around Oct 22nd. |
| S45 | Megabay 2 | Stacking | Stacking began Oct 22nd. |
| S46 | Starfactory |
| Booster | Location | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| B18.1 | Massey's | Testing | |
| B18.3 | Massey's | Testing | |
| B22 | Pad 2 | Static fired | Stacking started Jun 29th. Cryo tested Sep 9th. Static fired Oct 25th. |
| B23 | Megabay 1 | Pending engine install or transport to Florida | Stacking started around Aug 14th. Cryo testing Oct 13th through Oct 18th. |
| B24 | Megabay 1 | Pending cryo test | Stacking began around Sep 30th. Stacking completed by Oct 31st. |
| B25 | Megabay 1 | Stacking | Stacking began around Nov 2nd. |
Resources
- LabPadre Channel | NASASpaceFlight.com Channel
- NSF: Boca Chica Production Updates Thread
- NSF: Elon Starship tweet compilation
- SpaceX: Website Starship page | Starship Users Guide (2020, PDF)
- FAA: SpaceX Starship Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site
- FAA: Temporary Flight Restrictions NOTAM list
- NASA: Starship Reentry Observation (Technical Report)
- Hwy 4 & Boca Chica Beach Closures (May not be available outside US)
- Production Progress Infographics by @RingWatchers
- Raptor Tracker by @SpaceRhin0
- Acronym definitions by Decronym
- Tim Dodd: Starbase Tour with Elon Musk, Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
- Tim Dodd: 2022 Elon Musk Interviews, Starbase/Ship Updates | Launch Tower | Merlin Engine | Raptor Engine
- Tim Dodd 2024 Elon Musk Interviews: Starfactory tour | Pad tour and post-IFT-4 interview
- Tim Dodd 2025 pre-Flight-9 Elon interview
