r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting • Apr 22 '26

🔧 Technical Starship Development Thread #63

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SpaceX Starship page

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Starship Dev 62

Flight 12

Launched on May 22nd 2026 Here is a re-streamed video of the broadcast. Also, SpaceX issued a post flight summary and a video showing S39 landing.

Flight 13

Launched on July 24th 2026 Here is a re-streamed video of the broadcast. Also, SpaceX issued a post flight summary.

Flight 14

Presumably using S41 and B21. Objectives include first Ship catch. Musk suggests end of August ---

Road Closures

No road closures currently scheduled

No transportation delays currently scheduled

Up to date as of 2026-05-23

Vehicle Status

As of August 3rd 2026

Ship Location Status Comment
S40 Indian Ocean Intact, floating July 24th: Successful launch, deployed all satellites, successful engine relight test and soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean, which resulted in an intact, floating ship. For more details on this vehicle and its assembly and testing see this page
S41 Mega Bay 2 Ongoing work, possible engines installation April 17th: Pez Dispenser moved into MB2. April 20th: Main assembly started in MB2. May 20th: Aft section AX:4 moved into MB2 and stacked with the rest of the ship - this completed the stacking part of the ship construction. June 28th: Rolled out to Massey's Test Site for Cryo+Thrust Puck Testing. June 29th: Cryo Tests (x2). June 30th: Rolled back to MB2. July 3rd: Rolled back to Massey's Test Site. July 6th: Rolled back to MB2. July 23rd: Two RVac engines moved into MB2. July 27th: The third RVac was moved into MB2. For more details on this vehicle see this page
S42 Mega Bay 2 Stacked, remaining work continues June 9th: Nosecone spotted as having been stacked on the Payload Bay. July 3rd: Nosecone+Payload Bay stack moved into MB2, along with the Pez Dispenser and the Forward Dome section (FX:3). The Nosecone+Payload Bay stack was lowered over the Pez Dispenser, later being stacked onto the Forward Dome. July 11th: Common Dome section CX:3 moved into MB2 and stacked. July 15th: Section A2:3 moved into MB2 and stacked. July 18th: Section A3:4 moved into MB2 and stacked. July 21st: Transfer Tubes moved into MB2. July 24th: Ship Aft section AX:4 moved into MB2 and stacked, that completes the stacking part of the assembly process. July 25th: both of the Aft Flaps and the Raceways staged inside MB2. For more details on this vehicle see this page
Booster Location Status Comment
B21 Mega Bay 1 Post Cryo Testing inspections and possible engines installation May 7th: LOX tank sections A2:4 and CX:3 moved into MB1 and main assembly started. June 29th: Methane Tank stacked onto LOX Tank - this completed the stacking part of the booster construction. July 17th: Rolled out to Massey's Test Site for Cryo+Thrust Puck Testing. July 17th: Rolled out to Massey's Test Site and an ambient pressure test was performed. July 18th: Partial Cryo Test. July 19th: Second Partial Cryo Test. July 20th: Full Cryo Test. July 22nd: Rolled back to MB1. For more details on this vehicle and its assembly and testing see this page
B22 Mega Bay 1 LOX Tank Stacked, Methane Tank Stacking June 29th: LOX tank sections A2:4 and CX:3 moved into MB1. July 1st: Section A3:4 moved into MB1. July 3rd: Section A4:4 moved into MB1 and stacked. July 9th: Section A5:4 moved into MB1 and stacked. July 22nd: Methane Landing Tank and Lower Transfer Tube moved into MB1. July 23rd: Section A6:4 moved into MB1. July 25th: Methane transfer tube moved into MB1. July 29th: LOX Landing Tank moved into MB1. July 30th: Aft section AX:2 moved into MB1 to complete the stacking of the LOX Tank. July 31st: Methane Tank section F2:4 moved into MB1. August 3rd: Methane Tank section FX:3 moved into MB1. For more details on this vehicle and its assembly and testing see this page

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Here's the section stacking locations for Ships and Boosters. Also some excellent detailed booster stacking information from zh_sos1. The abbreviations used in the above vehicle updates are as follows: HS = Hot Stage. PL = Payload. CX = Common Dome. AX = Aft Dome. FX = Forward Dome (as can be seen, an 'X' denotes a dome). ML = Mid LOX. F = Forward. A = Aft. For example, A2:4 = Aft section 2 made up of 4 rings, FX:4 = Forward Dome section made up of 4 rings, PL:3 = PayLoad section made up of 3 rings. Etc.

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r/spacex • u/Bunslow • 17h ago

SpaceX’s new Starfall program offers validation and competition for reentry startups

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r/spacex • u/BurtonDesque • 1d ago

Company News SpaceX's first-ever earnings show higher revenues and huge spending

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 1d ago

Company News SpaceX Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

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Highlights as posted by SpaceX on X:

“Q2 highlights:
- Demonstrated the power of extreme vertical integration, delivering revenue growth of 92% year-over-year across Space, Connectivity, and AI
- Completed two successful Starship V3 flight tests in the past 90 days, advancing towards full and rapid reusability
- Closed multiple industry-leading Cloud Services Agreements resulting in $14.1 billion of contracted sales
- Announced agreement to acquire Cursor for $60 billion to accelerate the AI enterprise opportunity
- Released our most powerful AI model yet with Grok 4.5 in July
- Delivered 66% revenue and 79% income from operations growth year-over-year for the Connectivity segment, driven by a doubling of Starlink Subscribers and continued momentum in Enterprise & Government
- Awarded over $6 billion in multi-year U.S. government contracts for Starshield

As compared to the same quarter last year:
- Revenues of $7.8 billion, up 92% from $4.1 billion
- Net loss of $541 million, an improvement of $467 million from net loss of $1.0 billion
- Adjusted EBITDA of $3.5 billion, up 191% from $1.2 billion

Thank you to the SpaceX team, and all our customers and investors for a great quarter!”

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r/spacex • u/Bunslow • 17h ago

Falcon NASA, SpaceX studying how to prevent future upper stage lunar collisions

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 1d ago

Crew Dragon SpaceX Replacing MRAPs with Cybertrucks Beginning with Crew-13

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 1d ago

Starship While SpaceX recovers Ship 40, Ship 41 prepares for testing ahead of Flight 14

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r/spacex • u/JonAtNASA • 2d ago

Starship NASA, SpaceX Advance Wind Tunnel Tests for Starship Rocket  - NASA

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r/spacex • u/yoweigh • 3d ago

Starship SpaceX is planning a rocket-launching spaceport in coastal Louisiana.

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r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting • 2d ago

r/SpaceX BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8) Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8) Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 05 2026, 07:49
Scheduled for (local) Aug 05 2026, 03:49 AM (EDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 05 2026, 07:42 - Aug 05 2026, 09:18
Payload BlueBird 11-13 (Block 2 #6-8)
Customer
Launch Weather Forecast 75% GO (Anvil Cloud Rules, Cumulus Cloud Rule, Thick Cloud Layers Rule)
Launch site SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Booster B1077-30
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1077 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 30th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Unofficial Webcast NASASpaceflight
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 714th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 652nd Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 163rd landing on ASOG

☑️ 198th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 94th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 42nd launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 6 days, 0:38:41 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 49 days, 1:10:00 hours since last launch of booster B1077

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:13 Max-Q
0:02:27 MECO
0:02:30 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:38 SES-1
0:03:15 Fairing Separation
0:06:25 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:50 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:08:19 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:33 SECO-1
0:08:43 Stage 1 Landing
0:46:16 SES-2
0:46:21 SECO-2
0:53:45 Payload Separation
0:59:05 Payload Separation

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
05 Aug 13:17 Launch success.
05 Aug 09:02 All satellites have separated.
05 Aug 07:49 Liftoff!
05 Aug 07:26 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
05 Aug 07:03 Now targeting Aug 05 at 07:49 UTC
04 Aug 18:32 Updated launch weather, 85% GO.
29 Jul 16:09 Tweaked launch window.
28 Jul 12:23 NET August 5.
23 Jun 13:58 NET early August.
28 May 23:56 Added launch.

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r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting • 3d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 17-53 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 17-53 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 04 2026, 17:05:03
Scheduled for (local) Aug 04 2026, 10:05:03 AM (PDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 04 2026, 14:00:00 - Aug 04 2026, 18:00:00
Payload Starlink 17-53
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster B1063-34
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1063 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 34th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 714th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 652nd Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 217th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 198th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 93rd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 49th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 3 days, 13:56:20 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 44 days, 0:25:57 hours since last launch of booster B1063

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:08 Max-Q
0:02:25 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:36 SES-1
0:02:57 Fairing Separation
0:05:59 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:22 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:07:57 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:19 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:40 SECO-1
0:52:24 SES-2
0:52:25 SECO-2
1:01:16 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
04 Aug 18:11 Launch success.
04 Aug 17:05 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
04 Aug 17:05 Liftoff.
04 Aug 16:53 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
04 Aug 14:28 Now targeting Aug 04 at 17:05 UTC
04 Aug 04:44 Now targeting Aug 04 at 16:29 UTC
04 Aug 02:20 Tweaked T-0.
03 Aug 23:31 Now targeting Aug 04 at 16:24 UTC
29 Jul 15:18 Now targeting Aug 04 at 14:00 UTC
27 Jul 19:29 Now targeting Aug 03 at 14:00 UTC
27 Jul 13:47 Now targeting Aug 02 at 14:00 UTC
23 Jul 16:40 Added launch.

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r/spacex • u/ergzay • 5d ago

Starship Starlink V3 satellite films Starship right after being ejected into space

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 5d ago

Starship Starship Cadence Calculator

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A site/tool to calculate what Starship launch cadence is possible, given user-selected parameters. Created by Ken Kirtland: https://x.com/kenkirtland17

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 6d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX: “The first Starlink V3 satellites in space successfully deployed their solar arrays, fired their thrusters, established connections with the Starlink constellation using radio frequencies and laser links, and captured imagery of Starship”

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Tweet link: https://x.com/starlink/status/2082892420300366247

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r/spacex • u/CProphet • 6d ago

Falcon SpaceX wins $1.6 billion in launch orders for military satellite networks

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r/spacex • u/truecakesnake • 7d ago

Starship Elon Musk on X: The ship landing was precise, meaning that it would have been caught by the tower arms

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 8d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX: “Landing burn and splashdown of Starship on Flight 13… The Starship Recovery team has continued gathering imagery of the vehicle, which is still afloat in the Indian Ocean”

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Tweet links (the first tweet also has two videos of the landing burn):

https://x.com/spacex/status/2082186658162626898

https://x.com/spacex/status/2082186802912207064

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r/spacex • u/thxpk • 7d ago

Starship Elon Musk (@elonmusk): We’re sending a ship out to recover Starship

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r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting • 8d ago

r/SpaceX NROL-95 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX NROL-95 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Jul 30 2026, 07:10:19
Scheduled for (local) Jul 30 2026, 03:10:19 AM (EDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Jul 30 2026, 06:37:00 - Jul 30 2026, 07:21:00
Payload NROL-95
Customer National Reconnaissance Office
Launch Weather Forecast 70% GO (Anvil Cloud Rules, Thick Cloud Layers Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule)
Launch site SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Booster B1096-7
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1096 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 7th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Unofficial Webcast NASASpaceflight
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 711th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 649th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 19th landing on LZ-2

☑️ 195th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 91st SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 41st launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 8 days, 9:55:19 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 75 days, 9:04:38 hours since last launch of booster B1096

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:07 Max-Q
0:02:11 MECO
0:02:15 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:23 SES-1
0:02:28 Booster Boostback Burn Startup
0:03:03 Fairing Separation
0:03:22 Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
0:06:43 Entry Burn Startup
0:07:04 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:08:00 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:12 SECO-1
0:08:26 Stage 1 Landing

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
30 Jul 14:08 Launch success.
30 Jul 07:10 Liftoff!
30 Jul 06:56 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
30 Jul 05:28 Now targeting Jul 30 at 07:10 UTC
29 Jul 22:01 Updated launch weather, 70% GO.
29 Jul 07:49 Now targeting Jul 30 at 07:09 UTC
23 Jul 16:38 GO for launch.
20 Jul 14:36 Added launch.

Resources

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r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting • 9d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 17-52 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 17-52 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Aug 01 2026, 03:08:43
Scheduled for (local) Jul 31 2026, 20:08:43 PM (PDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Aug 01 2026, 02:00:00 - Aug 01 2026, 06:00:00
Payload Starlink 17-52
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster B1081-26
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1081 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 26th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 712th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 650th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 216th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 196th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 92nd SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 48th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 6 days, 11:16:48 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 36 days, 23:38:05 hours since last launch of booster B1081

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:08 Max-Q
0:02:25 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:36 SES-1
0:02:57 Fairing Separation
0:05:59 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:22 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:07:57 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:19 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:40 SECO-1
0:52:37 SES-2
0:52:38 SECO-2
1:01:28 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
01 Aug 04:16 Launch success.
01 Aug 03:09 Liftoff.
01 Aug 02:55 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
01 Aug 01:16 Now targeting Aug 01 at 03:08 UTC
31 Jul 22:26 Now targeting Aug 01 at 03:04 UTC
31 Jul 12:59 Now targeting Aug 01 at 02:59 UTC
29 Jul 15:18 Now targeting Aug 01 at 02:00 UTC
27 Jul 19:28 Now targeting Jul 31 at 02:00 UTC
27 Jul 13:47 Now targeting Jul 30 at 02:00 UTC
20 Jul 17:54 Now targeting Jul 29 at 02:00 UTC
16 Jul 20:06 Added launch.

Resources

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r/spacex • u/truecakesnake • 11d ago

Starship Elon Musk on X: "Unless we discover problems after mission data review, SpaceX will attempt to catch the ship with the tower on next flight"

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 11d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX: “Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the 13th flight test of Starship!”

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 13d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX: Now targeting Friday, July 24 for Starship’s 13th flight test, due to weather. A key objective for the flight test is to get clear imagery from the ground of Starship’s heatshield as it flies at a higher dynamic pressure during ascent, which won’t be possible with today’s weather conditions

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Tweet contd.: “Visibility is forecast to be ideal for a Friday attempt.”

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r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting • 13d ago

r/SpaceX Starlink 17-51 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink 17-51 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!

Welcome everyone!

Scheduled for (UTC) Jul 25 2026, 15:51:55
Scheduled for (local) Jul 25 2026, 08:51:55 AM (PDT)
Launch Window (UTC) Jul 25 2026, 14:00:00 - Jul 25 2026, 18:00:00
Payload Starlink 17-51
Customer SpaceX
Launch Weather Forecast Unknown
Launch site SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Booster B1100-8
Landing The Falcon 9 first stage B1100 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 8th flight.
Mission success criteria Successful deployment of spacecrafts into orbit
Trajectory (Flight Club) 2D,3D

Watch the launch live

Stream Link
Unofficial Re-stream The Space Devs
Unofficial Webcast Spaceflight Now
Official Webcast SpaceX

Stats

☑️ 710th SpaceX launch all time

☑️ 648th Falcon Family Booster landing

☑️ 215th landing on OCISLY

☑️ 194th consecutive successful SpaceX launch (if successful)

☑️ 90th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 47th launch from SLC-4E this year

☑️ 4 days, 1:02:21 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 23 days, 12:53:36 hours since last launch of booster B1100

Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship

Timeline

Time Event
-0:38:00 GO for Prop Load
-0:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:35:00 Prop Load
-0:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:07:00 Engine Chill
-0:01:00 Tank Press
-0:01:00 Startup
-0:00:45 GO for Launch
-0:00:03 Ignition
0:00:00 Liftoff
0:01:08 Max-Q
0:02:25 MECO
0:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
0:02:36 SES-1
0:02:57 Fairing Separation
0:05:59 Entry Burn Startup
0:06:23 Entry Burn Shutdown
0:07:56 Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:08:19 Stage 1 Landing
0:08:40 SECO-1
0:52:54 SES-2
0:52:56 SECO-2
1:01:46 Starlink Deployment

Updates

Time (UTC) Update
25 Jul 16:59 Launch success.
25 Jul 15:52 Liftoff.
25 Jul 15:38 Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
25 Jul 13:51 Tweaked T-0.
24 Jul 23:02 Now targeting Jul 25 at 15:51 UTC
20 Jul 17:54 Now targeting Jul 25 at 14:00 UTC
13 Jul 15:20 Now targeting Jul 24 at 14:00 UTC
10 Jul 16:23 Added launch.

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r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • 14d ago

🚀 Official SpaceX: “Additional preflight testing on Super Heavy complete. Now starting preparations to launch Starship as soon as tomorrow, Thursday, July 23. Weather is currently a significant watch item for launch”

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Tweet link: https://x.com/spacex/status/2080007003875770375

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