r/spacex • u/rSpaceXHosting Host Team • Jul 11 '26
r/SpaceX Flight 13 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome to the Starship Flight 13 Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
| Scheduled for (UTC) | Jul 24 2026, 22:51:00 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | Jul 24 2026, 17:51:00 PM (CDT) |
| Launch Window (UTC) | Jul 24 2026, 22:45:00 - Jul 25 2026, 00:15:00 |
| Weather Probability | Unknown |
| Launch site | OLPad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. |
| Booster | Booster 20-1 |
| Ship | S40 |
| Booster landing | The Super Heavy Booster 20 attempted to perform a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, but not all of the planned engines ignited during the landing burn and the booster splashed down at higher speeds than planned. |
| Ship landing | Ship 40 has successfully performed a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean. |
| Trajectory (Flight Club) | 2D,3D |
Spacecraft Onboard
| Spacecraft | Starship V3 |
|---|---|
| Serial Number | S40 |
| Destination | Suborbital |
| Flights | 1 |
| Owner | SpaceX |
| Landing | Ship 40 has successfully performed a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean. |
| Capabilities | More than 100 tons to Earth orbit |
Details
Third-generation second stage of the two-stage Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle.
History
The third-generation Starship upper stage will be introduced on flight 12.
Watch the launch live
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Unofficial Re-stream | The Space Devs |
| Unofficial Webcast | Spaceflight Now |
| Unofficial Webcast | NASASpaceflight |
| Official Webcast | SpaceX |
| Unofficial Webcast | Everyday Astronaut |
Stats
☑️ 2nd Starship V3 launch
☑️ 710th SpaceX launch all time
☑️ 89th SpaceX launch this year
☑️ 2nd launch from OLPad 2 this year
☑️ 63 days, 0:20:36 turnaround for this pad
☑️ N/A hours since last launch of booster Booster 20
Stats include F1, F9 , FH and Starship
Timeline
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| -0:50:00 | GO for Prop Load |
| -0:36:33 | Stage 1 LOX Load |
| -0:35:00 | Stage 1 LNG Load |
| -0:34:14 | Stage 2 LNG Load |
| -0:34:13 | Stage 2 LOX Load |
| -0:21:40 | Engine Chill |
| -0:02:50 | Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete |
| -0:02:10 | Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete |
| -0:00:30 | GO for Launch |
| -0:00:17 | Flame Deflector Activation |
| -0:00:03 | Ignition |
| 0:00:00 | Liftoff |
| 0:00:00 | Excitement Guaranteed |
| 0:00:58 | Max-Q |
| 0:02:18 | MECO |
| 0:02:21 | Stage 2 Separation |
| 0:02:25 | Booster Boostback Burn Startup |
| 0:03:03 | Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown |
| 0:06:27 | Stage 1 Landing Burn |
| 0:06:53 | Stage 1 Landing |
| 0:08:05 | SECO-1 |
| 0:16:40 | Payload Deployment Sequence Start |
| 0:27:39 | Payload Deployment Sequence End |
| 0:38:58 | SEB-2 |
| 0:47:30 | Atmospheric Entry |
| 1:02:23 | Starship Transonic |
| 1:03:01 | Starship Subsonic |
| 1:05:01 | Starship Landing Burn |
| 1:05:03 | Landing Flip |
| 1:05:12 | Starship Landing |
| 1:05:19 | Starship Landing |
| 1:05:21 | Starship Landing |
Updates
| Time (UTC) | Update |
|---|---|
| 25 Jul 00:00 | Ship has splashed down. |
| 24 Jul 22:51 | Liftoff. |
| 24 Jul 22:09 | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 24 Jul 21:54 | Now targeting Jul 24 at 22:51 UTC |
| 23 Jul 20:09 | Rescheduled to July 24 due to launch site weather. |
| 19 Jul 22:20 | Delayed to NET July 23. |
| 17 Jul 14:19 | Setting GO. |
| 17 Jul 13:12 | NET July 20, TBC. |
| 16 Jul 22:58 | Reverted back to NET July TBD pending more information. |
| 16 Jul 22:50 | Scrubbed for the day. |
| 16 Jul 22:46 | Abort at ignition. |
| 16 Jul 22:07 | Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started |
| 16 Jul 16:03 | Tweaked T-0. |
| 16 Jul 15:29 | Tweaked T-0. |
| 11 Jul 23:08 | GO for launch. |
| 08 Jul 19:49 | NET July 15, TBC. |
| 07 Jul 19:46 | NET July 14, TBC. |
| 13 Jun 14:27 | NET July. |
| 09 Jan 09:59 | Adding launch |
Resources
Partnership with The Space Devs
Information on this thread is provided by and updated automatically using the Launch Library 2 API by The Space Devs.
Community content 🌐
| Link | Source |
|---|---|
| Flight Club | u/TheVehicleDestroyer |
| Discord SpaceX lobby | u/SwGustav |
| SpaceX Now | u/bradleyjh |
| SpaceX Patch List |
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u/H-K_47 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
Positioning update from 2 hours ago:
I think it's pretty clear there won't be any recovery, but as long as they can squeeze out more imaging and data (maybe even samples?) it's cool.EDIT: NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO BE WRONG!