{"id":15208245,"date":"2026-07-13T21:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/spacex-starship-flight-13-launch-updates-spacex-sets-target-date-for-next-starship-rocket-launch\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T01:33:45","slug":"spacex-starship-flight-13-launch-updates-spacex-sets-target-date-for-next-starship-rocket-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/spacex-starship-flight-13-launch-updates-spacex-sets-target-date-for-next-starship-rocket-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Starship Flight 13 launch updates: SpaceX sets target date for next Starship rocket launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SpaceX’s massive Starship<\/u><\/a>, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, is scheduled to launch its critical test flight no earlier than Thursday, July 16, at 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT)<\/strong> from Starbase, Texas. Our live webcast will begin about 30 minutes prior to liftoff. <\/p>\n

You can see our latest updates on the Starship V3 (short for Version 3) rocket, including its test flight goals, system upgrades and more. Flight 13<\/u><\/a> is the 13th test launch of the Starship vehicle since 2023.<\/p>\n

Launch livestream<\/strong><\/u><\/a> | <\/strong>Starship V3 upgrades explained<\/strong><\/u><\/a> | <\/strong>SpaceX<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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SpaceX targeting July 16 for Starship Flight 13<\/span><\/h3>\n

The next Starship launch has arrived! <\/p>\n

SpaceX<\/u><\/a> <\/strong>is targeting no earlier than July 16 for the next launch of its massive Starship rocket, the company announced on in a post on X<\/u><\/a>. Flight 13 will be the second launch of the vehicle’s Version 3 configuration and will be similar in profile to Flight 12. It will be the second launch for Starship “Version 3” (V3), a bigger, more powerful upgrade from previous Starship designs, and will come a little less than two months after V3’s debut<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

A 90-minute launch window will begin on Thursday at 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT). A livestream of the mission will begin about 30 minutes prior to liftoff and stream on the company’s mission page<\/u><\/a>, profile on X<\/u><\/a> and here on Space.com.<\/p>\n

Full story: <\/strong>SpaceX targets July 16 for Starship Flight 13, reveals what went wrong on previous launch<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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Source: Space.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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