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What time will SpaceX launch Starship Flight 15, its 1st double landing test, on Nov. 13? (Full mission timeline)

13), SpaceX will launch its next Starship test flight on a mission that, if successful, will return both its Super Heavy first-stage booster and Ship upper stage to Earth for back-to-back landings at their launch pad.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 11, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC
Key points
  • We are now T-2 days away from SpaceX's planned launch of its Starship Flight 15 test mission, so I wanted to take a moment to give you a run down on what to expect.
  • During the upcoming launch test, SpaceX plans to catch both Booster 22 and Starship's Ship upper stage with its launch tower's "chopstick" arms in a double landing catch — something the private spaceflight company has never tried before.
  • Today, you can read my full guide to SpaceX's Starship Flight 15 launch here, which goes over what time and where to watch the launch online.

(Image credit: SpaceX) The Starship Flight 15 test mission is currently scheduled to launch no earlier than Friday, Nov.

SpaceX is just days away from what might be its most ambitious test flight yet of the company's massive Starship megarocket, the largest launch vehicle ever built.

Additional details
  • 13 launch date for Starship Flight 15 Artist's illustration of SpaceX catching the upper stage of its Starship megarocket, something the company expects to do on the vehicle's 15th test flight.
  • It is the 15th test flight of the giant stainless-steel reusable rocket, which SpaceX wants to use for everything from Starlink internet satellite launches to landing NASA Artemis astronauts on the moon in 2028, and even for a crewed flight to Mars.
  • SpaceX has not formally announced if it has backup days for the launch, but if the company does have those options, liftoff would likely occur at the same time, based on past Starship missions that saw delays.
  • 10) that it had moved its latest Starship first stage, known as Super Heavy Booster 22, to the launch mount at its Starbase facility in South Texas ahead of Flight 15, which is scheduled to lift off this Friday (Nov.
  • (Image credit: SpaceX) Hello, Space Fans, and welcome to our coverage of SpaceX's Starship Flight 15 test flight, the first ever to attempt twin landings of the Starship Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage.

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