SpaceX rockets toward next Starship launch, set for October 13
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- Oct 01, 2025
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SpaceX has named the date when it will try for another Starship launch without anything exploding. October 13, which is both the Columbus Day / Indigenous People's Day holiday and the last day of Windows 10 support, is the current target.
Circumstances might push the launch back a little, but following a successful static fire in late August, confidence in the rocket is high.
That flight followed four consecutive failures (three in flight and one where SpaceX didn't bother to launch anything at all and exploded the vehicle on the ground instead). October's flight will be the final one of the version 2 variant of Starship ahead of version 3, which is due to debut in 2026.
The profile of Flight 11 looks very similar to Flight 10, except for a few twists. For one, the booster to be used previously flew on Flight 8 and will launch with 24 "flight-proven" Raptor engines. SpaceX does not plan to catch it this time, and instead will send it into the Gulf of Mexico after demonstrating a burn with five engines before transitioning to three engines for a hover over the ocean.
SpaceX said, "The planned baseline for V3 Super Heavy will use five engines during the section of the burn responsible for fine-tuning the booster’s path, adding additional redundancy for spontaneous engine shutdowns."
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