Starship debuted in April 2023 and has flown 11 more suborbital flights since, most recently on May 22. That Flight 12 test was the first mission for Starship Version 3 (V3), an advanced iteration of the megarocket that was many months in the making. ( Flight 11, the last launch of Starship V2, lifted off in October 2025.)

Starship is expected to carry key Starlink satellites, demonstrating the rocket’s ability to deliver larger payloads into space.

SpaceX will launch its next Starship, carrying the first V3 Starlink satellites, on the Flight 13 test mission Friday (July 24) after delays. Here's what time it flies.

SpaceX ( SPCX) postponed the 13th flight test of its Starship rocket to Friday, July 24, after weather conditions threatened one of the mission's key objectives: capturing detailed ground-based images of the vehicle's heat shield during ascent.

SpaceX hopes to pick up the pace with Super Heavy-Starship test flights amid concern the rocket may not be ready in time for a planned 2027 moon landing.