Dec 09 2024, 08:20 AM EST Share on Facebook Is Starship's 7th Test Flight Coming This 2024? The massive question remains now as to when SpaceX will hold its Flight 7 for the Starship, especially as the calendar for 2024 is running out and the company is still in its pre-flight testing. According to The Launch Pad via X, SpaceX is targeting an early 2025 launch for the Starship Flight 7 that will commence by January 11, as per NASA's latest FAA filing. It was also revealed in the filing that the space agency's NASA 5, a Gulfstream V, will be used to observe Ship 33's re-entry. SpaceX and its Starship Program It was a long and winding road for SpaceX but the company was able to prevail in its many programs, particularly with the Starship which saw the modern trial and error for a spacecraft of its caliber. From Starship's first to fourth test flight, the company faced tremendous challenges which resulted in losing all of the rockets and ships it launched, leading to the program being grounded by the FAA. That being said, the company did not call quits on this and went forth to improve more of its rocket, and SpaceX had it ready for another test flight by early October to try its capabilities in an actual fully-stacked launch. SpaceX then saw tremendous success with Starship's fifth test flight where the company did not lose any rockets in the process and werealso able to catch Super Heavy using Mechazilla on their first try. It was not long before SpaceX went forth to conduct its sixth test flight which also saw significant success where bothrockets landed via its splashdown method, with Starship using its Raptor engines to alter its flight path. SpaceX nailed two out of six test flights for the Starship program in its past missions, but the company wants to immediately follow itup with the seventh test flight, possibly coming by early to mid-January.