Liftoff of the 11th fully integrated Starship from SpaceX's Starbase facility at Boca Chica Beach, in Texas, is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. CDT / 7:15 p.m. EDT / 2315 UTC on Monday, Oct. 13.
Like on Flight 10, the Super Heavy booster, tail number Booster 15, will not return for a catch by the launch tower, but will instead aim for a controlled splashdown off-shore to allow for more testing. This will be the second flight of this Super Heavy booster.
Meanwhile, the upper stage, Ship 38, will attempt to perform a nominal, suborbital flight with plans for a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean more than an hour after liftoff. SpaceX will also attempt to deploy eight Starlink simulators (mimicking the size and mass of a Starlink Version 3 satellite) and perform an in-space relight of a Raptor engine.
This will be the fifth and final flight of a Block 2 version of the Starship upper stage.
Our live coverage, hosted by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin two hours before launch. He will be joined by Stephen Clark, space reporter for Ars Technica.
If I watch it now, will it still be live?
All dummy satellites successfully deployed!
Why is it 3 degrees off vertical at liftoff?
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I just watched the entire recording. It still gives me chills watching huge engineering projects like that succeed. All those young people! Looks like nobody is over 40! What a thrill for all of them. What a career!
I’m watching this late: Pretty darn impressive performance!