SpaceX flew the 13th Starship test flight and the second flight of the upgraded Starship V3 vehicle from Starbase, Texas, deploying 20 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites about 18 minutes after liftoff and confirming contact with all of them. The Super Heavy booster's landing burn failed, sending it into a hard splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico instead of a planned precision landing.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Sub
- Suborbital
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 3 Starship V3 flights
- Date and time
- 24 July 2026, 22:51 UTC
- Rocket
- Starship V3
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- Payload
- Test Flight
- Launches in 2026
- 178th of 243