Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watch live as SpaceX launches its revolutionary Starship launcher for a 13th test flight. Liftoff of the Version 3 integrated Starship vehicle from Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 5:45 p.m. CDT / 6:45 p.m. EDT / 2245 UTC on Friday, July 24.
The mission will see splashdowns of the Super Heavy booster (Booster 20) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Starship upper stage (Ship 40) in the Indian Ocean.
The Starship upper stage will deploy 20 production Starlink V3 satellites for a 20-minute sub-orbital test.
Our live coverage, hosted by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin about two hours before launch. He'll be joined by special guests: Stephen Clark, space reporter for Ars Technica; Jeff Foust, senior staff writer for Space News; and Joey Roulette, space reporter for Reuters.
Camera support from our friends at Avid Space @LabPadre.
Recent reporting from our guests:
Jeff Foust, Space News
• Office of Space Commerce to move ahead on mission authorization spacenews.com/office-of-space-commerce-to-move-ahead-on-mission-authorization
• NASA programs feel effects of workforce reductions spacenews.com/nasa-programs-feel-effects-of-workforce-reductions
• Airbus space business takes advantage of growing demand for satellite systems spacenews.com/airbus-space-business-takes-advantage-of-growing-demand-for-satellite-systems
Joey Roulette, Reuters
• SpaceX targets next week for another Starship launch attempt as shares slide on abort reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-targets-next-week-another-starship-launch-attempt-shares-slide-abort-2026-07-17
• Russia sends American and two cosmonauts to space station with rare NASA chief visit reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-launches-american-two-cosmonauts-space-station-mission-2026-07-14
• SpaceX clears Starship mishap probe before next test flight this week reuters.com/business/media-telecom/faa-closes-starship-review-ahead-spacexs-next-test-flight-this-week-2026-07-13
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica
• This is the world’s most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/this-is-the-worlds-most-advanced-robotic-servicing-satellite-that-we-know-about
• Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/rocket-report-lightning-strikes-in-china-starship-launch-on-deck
• Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/next-space-force-chief-throws-cold-water-on-the-idea-of-space-privateers
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Watch live as SpaceX launches its revolutionary Starship launcher for a 13th test flight. Liftoff of the Version 3 integrated Starship vehicle from Starbase in Texas is scheduled during a launch window that opens at 5:45 p.m. CDT / 6:45 p.m. EDT / 2245 UTC on Friday, July 24.
The mission will see splashdowns of the Super Heavy booster (Booster 20) in the Gulf of Mexico and the Starship upper stage (Ship 40) in the Indian Ocean.
The Starship upper stage will deploy 20 production Starlink V3 satellites for a 20-minute sub-orbital test.
Our live coverage, hosted by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin about two hours before launch. He'll be joined by special guests: Stephen Clark, space reporter for Ars Technica; Jeff Foust, senior staff writer for Space News; and Joey Roulette, space reporter for Reuters.
Camera support from our friends at Avid Space @LabPadre.
Recent reporting from our guests:
Jeff Foust, Space News
• Office of Space Commerce to move ahead on mission authorization spacenews.com/office-of-space-commerce-to-move-ahead-on-mission-authorization
• NASA programs feel effects of workforce reductions spacenews.com/nasa-programs-feel-effects-of-workforce-reductions
• Airbus space business takes advantage of growing demand for satellite systems spacenews.com/airbus-space-business-takes-advantage-of-growing-demand-for-satellite-systems
Joey Roulette, Reuters
• SpaceX targets next week for another Starship launch attempt as shares slide on abort reuters.com/business/media-telecom/spacex-targets-next-week-another-starship-launch-attempt-shares-slide-abort-2026-07-17
• Russia sends American and two cosmonauts to space station with rare NASA chief visit reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-launches-american-two-cosmonauts-space-station-mission-2026-07-14
• SpaceX clears Starship mishap probe before next test flight this week reuters.com/business/media-telecom/faa-closes-starship-review-ahead-spacexs-next-test-flight-this-week-2026-07-13
Stephen Clark, Ars Technica
• This is the world’s most advanced robotic servicing satellite—that we know about arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/this-is-the-worlds-most-advanced-robotic-servicing-satellite-that-we-know-about
• Rocket Report: Lightning strikes in China; Starship launch on deck arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/rocket-report-lightning-strikes-in-china-starship-launch-on-deck
• Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/next-space-force-chief-throws-cold-water-on-the-idea-of-space-privateers
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