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This page records Starship Flight 13 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITESpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Mission
13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink satellites to space, which will extend solar arrays and antennas and will attempt to connect with ground stations in South Africa and the larger Starlink constellation via high-capacity lasers. 6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.
- Launch vehicle
- Starship V3
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Suborbital
- Spacecraft
- Ship 40
- Destination
- Suborbital
- Launch pad
- Orbital Launch Pad 2
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- Starlink, SpaceX Starship
- Recovery
- Ocean, The Super Heavy Booster 20 attempted to perform a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, but not all of the planned engines ignited during the landing burn and the booster splashed down at higher speeds than planned. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Starship V3
Third development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
- Height
- 124.4 m
- Diameter
- 9 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 2
- First flight
- 2026-05-22
Core
Booster 20
Flight 1NewLanding failed
- Recovery
- Gulf of Mexico
- Landing method
- Ocean
Recorded timing
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1h 30m windowPublished target
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Target ·
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Flight timeline
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- T−00:50:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:36:33
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LNG Load
- T−00:34:14
Stage 2 LNG Load
- T−00:34:13
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:21:40
Engine Chill
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- T−00:02:50
Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete
- T−00:02:10
Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete
- T−00:00:30
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:17
Flame Deflector Activation
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:00:00
Excitement Guaranteed
- T+00:00:58
Max-Q
- T+00:02:18
MECO
- T+00:02:21
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:25
Booster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+00:03:03
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+00:06:27
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:06:53
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:08:05
SECO-1
- T+00:16:40
Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+00:27:39
Payload Deployment Sequence End
- T+00:38:58
SEB-2
- T+00:47:30
Atmospheric Entry
- T+01:02:23
Starship Transonic
- T+01:03:01
Starship Subsonic
- T+01:05:01
Starship Landing Burn
- T+01:05:03
Landing Flip
- T+01:05:12
Starship Landing
- T+01:05:19
Starship Landing
- T+01:05:21
Starship Landing
Launch site & orbit
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
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DestinationSuborbital
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