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FAQ

  1. When next launch? (Flight 15) NET Nov 8th.
  2. When previous launch? (Flight 14) Starship Flight 14 (Starlink Group 31-1) launched on 2026-09-28.
  3. What was the result? B21 soft splashdown on target. S41 becomes the first ship to perform an orbital insertion burn. 26 Starlink v3 satellites are deployed. S41 performs a deorbit burn, followed by nominal ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown.

Previous Flights

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  • Flight 1: S24 and B7. First full stack launch, RUD before stage separation.
  • Flight 2: S25 and B9. Successful stage separation, booster RUD during boostback burn, ship RUD shortly prior to scheduled SECO.
  • Flight 3: S28 and B10. Booster performs a successful boostback burn, but experiences RUD during landing burn. Ship makes it past SECO, but loses attitude control and is destroyed on reentry.
  • Flight 4: S29 and B11. First successful booster water landing. Ship survives reentry despite burn-through on forward flap, and performs a successful water landing.
  • Flight 5: S30 and B12. First booster catch with chopsticks. Ship performs successful water landing.
  • Flight 6: S31 and B13. Booster offshore divert due to damage to catch tower during launch. Ship performs successful water landing.
  • Flight 7: S33 and B14-1. First V2 Ship launch. Harmonic oscillation on ship causes RUD before SECO. Booster is caught by chopsticks.
  • Flight 8: S34 and B15-1. Engine failure on ship causes RUD before SECO. Booster is caught by chopsticks.
  • Flight 9: S35 and B14-2. First booster reflight. Ship makes it past SECO, but loses attitude control and is destroyed on reentry. Booster RUD upon landing burn startup prior to planned splashdown.
  • Flight 10: S37 and B16. All mission objectives fulfilled. First V2 ship to make it through reentry to landing burn and splashdown. First successful deployment of Starlink simulators. Booster successfully tested landing without one centre engine, using an engine on the middle ring to compensate.
  • Flight 11: S38 and B15-2. All mission objectives fulfilled. Ship performs successful landing burn and splashdown, despite intentional missing tiles on heatshield. Second successful deployment of Starlink simulators. Booster successfully tested a 13-5-3 engine landing profile.
  • Flight 12: First V3 launch. Successful liftoff. Booster boostback burn is incomplete, and landing burn fails. Ship experiences an R-vac out shortly after stage separation, but limps to orbit on 5/6 engines. In-space raptor relight is cancelled, but payload deployment is nominal. Ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown are nominal.
  • Fight 13: Successful liftoff and staging. B20 had a good boostback burn, but landing burn had insufficient engines. S40 performs perfectly, with nominal payload deploy and in-space raptor relight. Ship reentry, landing burn, are nominal, and S40 remains intact after splashdown.
  • Flight 14: B21 soft splashdown on target. S41 becomes the first ship to perform an orbital insertion burn. 26 Starlink v3 satellites are deployed. S41 performs a deorbit burn, followed by nominal ship reentry, landing burn, and splashdown.

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Vehicle Status

*As of 2026-10-13

Ship Location Status Comments
S39.1 (test tank) Massey’s Testing Returns from Massey’s Jul 26th. (NSF, ViX, TrackingTheSB) Rolls back out to Massey’s Oct 5th.
S40 Megabay 2 Post-flight inspections Stacking took place from Nov 12th through March 2nd. Cryo testing from May 3rd through May 6th. Engine testing Jun 24th through 26th. Launched Jul 24th. Returns to Megabay 2 Oct 12th.
S41 Pacific Ocean Destroyed April 17th: Pez Dispenser moved into MB2. April 20th: Nosecone+Payload Bay stack N:3 moved into MB2 and later that day lifted over the Pez Dispenser. Later that day the Pez Dispenser was installed. April 21st: Forward Dome section FX:4 moved into MB2. April 28th: Common Dome Section CX:3 moved into MB2. May 2nd: Section A2:3 moved into MB2. Cryo testing Jun 28th to Jul 6th. Static fired Aug 19th and 20th. FTS installed Sep 3rd. WDR Sep 24. Launched Sep 28th.
S42 Megabay 2 Pending engine installation Stacking began Jul 11th. Cryo tested Sep 3rd and 4th. Chopsticks testing Sep 11th and 12th.
S43 Megabay 2 Stacking Stacking began around Aug 19th.
S43.1 (test tank) Massey’s Testing
S44 Megabay 2 Stacking Stacking began Oct 2.
S45
Booster Location Status Comment
B18.1 Massey’s Testing
B18.3 Massey’s Testing
B20 Gulf of Mexico Destroyed Stacking took place from Feb 5th through Apr 30th. Cryo tested Jun 6th through Jun 8th. Launched July 24th.
B21 Gulf of Mexico Destroyed Stacking began Jun 4th, completed Jun 28th. Cryo testing Jul 17th through Jul 22nd. Static fired Aug 28th. FTS installed Sep 3rd. WDR Sep 24. Launched Sep 28th.
B22 Megabay 1 Pending engine installation Stacking started Jun 29th. Cryo tested Sep 9th.
B23 Megabay 1 Pending engine install or transport to Florida Stacking started around Aug 14th. Cryo testing Oct 13th through Oct 18th.
B24

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  • ptfrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    21 days ago

    So, how much is known about the upcoming ship serial numbers, with regards to what variants they will be?

    I’m assuming S42 will definintely be the pez dispenser variant? (And I’m very tempted to assume it’ll be loaded with 42 Starlink sats!)

    But what about 43? 44? At some point they need to start their propellant transfer tests.

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      3·
      20 days ago

      Interesting questions. I don’t think we’ve yet seen any hardware that would suggest they have started building dedicated tanker ships yet. S42 (Flight 15) is definitely the pez dispenser variant (door slot is visible), and S43 must be as well, as Flight 16 has been referred to as “Starlink 30-1” in some documents.

      They should be able to perform propellant transfer tests with the current ships simply by loading fewer (or no) Starlink satellites, leaving more residual propellant.

      I think the limiting factors for starting propellant transfer tests will be how quickly they can launch two ships back-to-back, and how long a ship can remain in orbit. I recall that they mentioned that the batteries on ships limit their operational life time to a few hours, and that this was one of the factors which led to their decision to bring S41 back after two orbits rather than six. They need to either extend this (solar panels seem the obvious solution) to exceed the turnaround time of Pad 2 at Starbase Texas, or wait until LC-39A in Florida comes online, which seems like it could be imminent.

      Which do you think is more likely for propellant transfer tests? Back-to-back launches from the same pad, or one launch from each?

      • ptfrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        20 days ago

        They should be able to perform propellant transfer tests with the current ships

        Interesting, thanks. Now that you mention it, I do think I’ve seen some potential refilling hardware (probe-and-drogue?) on recent Starships. Presumably that’s just for the sake of testing and would not form part of an ongoing pez dispenser variant in the long term?

        Back-to-back launches from the same pad, or one launch from each?

        Well it does seem like they want LC-39A to be ready soon (potentially soon enough to launch Flight 16), so my guess is that they might as well go with the two-state solution (Texas & Florida).