Overview

• Liftoff from Starbase, Texas is targeted for 7:15 p.m. ET on Oct. 13 with a company webcast starting about 30 minutes prior and an 80% favorable weather outlook, though SpaceX notes the schedule could change.
• This is the final Starship V2 mission and the last launch from Pad A in its current configuration as SpaceX pivots to Version 3 vehicles and operations from the redesigned Pad B.
• The flight-proven Super Heavy booster B15 will fly with 24 reused Raptor 2 engines and trial a 13‑to‑5‑to‑3 engine landing‑burn sequence before a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
• The upper stage will attempt to deploy eight mass simulators representing next‑generation Starlink satellites and relight a sea‑level Raptor during coast, then target a splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
• Engineers will stress‑test the thermal protection system with intentionally removed tiles and rehearse a dynamic banking maneuver with subsonic guidance to inform future return‑to‑launch‑site profiles.