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Starship | Flight 15
Pad: Orbital Launch Pad 2 · SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
15th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle and 4th flight of Starship V3.
Liftoff Telemetry ClockUTC / SYNCED
T-
06Days
:12Hours
:24Mins
:18Secs
Starship
PadFull Starship & Super Heavy Stack on OLM
Photo: SpaceX
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Mission Broadcast Archive
Starship | Flight 15 Live Coverage
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Host: SpaceX Flight OpsWindow: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT
Status: TBD
🛰️ Mission Orbital & Environment Matrix
- Target Orbit
- LEO
- Target Altitude
- 550 km
- Inclination
- 28.5°
- Weather Violation Risk
- 10%
- Primary Payload
- Flight 15
- Launch Window
- Friday, November 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC – 12:00 AM UTC
♻️ Hardware Reusability & Recovery Matrix
- Booster Core
- Flight Proven Core
- Flight Count
- Operational Flight
- Recovery Strategy
- Downrange Recovery (TBD)
- Fairing Recovery
- Flight Proven
- Landing Vessel / Zone
- Recovery Vessel / Zone
- Vehicle Architecture
- Starship Technical Specs & Flight Geometry →
⏱️ Operational Timeline Milestones & Staging Sequence
Target T-0: 2026-11-13Terminal Count
T-00:15:00Autonomous launch sequence start
Auto Sequence
T-00:03:00Flight computer assumes control
Liftoff
T-00:00:00Stage 1 main engine ignition & liftoff
MECO & Stage Sep
T+00:02:40Main engine cut-off and stage separation
Stage 1 Landing
T+00:08:30Booster touchdown on recovery vessel / zone
Payload Deploy
T+00:45:00Spacecraft insertion into target orbit
Launch Complex & Spaceport
Orbital Launch Pad 2
Starbase Production & Launch Facility · SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Service Tower
Mechazilla Launch Tower & Starship Stack
146-meter Orbital Launch Tower, chopstick catch arms, and Starship full stack on the Orbital Launch Mount at Starbase.
Photo Credit: SpaceX / StarbaseStarbase is SpaceX's vertically integrated design, manufacturing, and launch site for the Starship super-heavy launch system. Featuring 146-meter launch towers equipped with robotic catch arms ('Mechazilla'), it is built for high-cadence rapid turnaround.
Operator
SpaceX
Elevation
2 meters (ASL)
Azimuth Range
90°
Flight History
Starship Integrated Flight Tests
Key Pad Facilities & Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
Launch Tower & Chopsticks146-meter steel orbital launch and integration tower equipped with mechanical arms designed to lift and catch boosters.
Orbital Tank Farm (OTF)Massive cryogenic storage tanks holding over 10,000 tons of sub-cooled methane and liquid oxygen.
Water Deluge Steel Flame DeflectorPressurized upward-firing inverted showerhead system absorbing 72,000 kN of rocket exhaust energy.
High Bay / Mega Bay ComplexGiant production buildings just 3 km inland where Starship upper stages and Super Heavy boosters are assembled.