testing

X

Mission /

Flight 13

Launch date

16.07.2026

No data available

- Go for Launch

Rocket /

Starship

Location /

Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Description /

13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3. For the first time, Starship will carry 20 V3 Starlink satellites to space, which will extend solar arrays and antennas and will attempt to connect with ground stations in South Africa and the larger Starlink constellation via high-capacity lasers. 6 of the satellites have been modified with a suite of cameras to scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to continue testing methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test.

Upcoming missions

  2. Starlink Group 17-39

    20.07.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

    A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

  3. MRV-1

    21.07.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

    The SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs).

  4. Starlink Group 17-51

    24.07.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

    A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

  5. Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 9)

    31.07.2026 / Falcon 9 / Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

    The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees. In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.

  2. Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

    30.08.2026 / Falcon Heavy / Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

    The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific instruments. The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera, providing a sharpness of images comparable to that achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope over a 0.28 square degree field of view, 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble. The Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering visible and near-infrared wavelengths using novel starlight-suppression technology. Roman objectives include a search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing, and probing the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structure, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, the consistency of general relativity, and the curvature of spacetime.