Overview

• SpaceX targets Aug. 24–25 for the tenth Starship Super Heavy test, with a posted Aug. 24 7:30 p.m. ET liftoff from Starbase in South Texas.
• Flight 10 will trial multiple landing-burn profiles and engine redundancy by intentionally disabling a core engine during descent before a planned splashdown in the Gulf of America.
• The upper stage will attempt to deploy eight Starlink simulators, reignite a Raptor engine in space, and stress-test thermal protection with tile removals and new metallic tiles under evaluation.
• SpaceX’s investigations found a booster fuel transfer tube failure and a tank pressurization diffuser failure on the May 27 flight, and undetected COPV damage in the June 18 ground test.
• The FAA said it oversaw and accepted these findings, and SpaceX says it has implemented corrective actions as it maintains a rapid test-and-iterate approach.