Overview

• Liftoff is targeted for Oct. 13 from Starbase in South Texas with a launch window opening at 6:15 p.m. CT and a webcast starting about 30 minutes prior.
• The Super Heavy booster, previously flown and outfitted with 24 flight‑proven Raptor engines, will not attempt a tower catch and will head for a splashdown in the Gulf of America.
• SpaceX will trial a new landing‑burn sequence on the booster that transitions from 13 engines to five and then to three, aiming to gather data on shutdown dynamics and hover performance.
• The upper stage will conduct multiple demos, including deploying eight Starlink simulators, relighting a Raptor in space, flying a dynamic banking profile, and reentering with selected heat‑shield tiles removed before an Indian Ocean splashdown.
• The schedule remains subject to change based on readiness and conditions, and follows August’s Flight 10 that achieved mock satellite deployment and an in‑space engine relight.