Super Heavy moved to the launch pad at Starbase. Booster 22 is the first Super Heavy V3 booster planned to return to the launch site for catch and was used for final catch testing upon arrival, including a suspended squeeze test at catch height
Nov 10, 2026 · 6:21 PM UTC
@SpaceX Starship Flight 15 Preview! 🚀 Flight 15 is targeting launch on Nov. 13, 2026, from Starbase, Texas: Super Heavy will attempt its tower catch just minutes after liftoff, while Starship will deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites into orbit before attempting its first-ever return to Starbase approximately 22.5 hours later.
Just a silly idea on the rentry problem …. but,
what about a pulsed laser to pre-ionize the air just ahead of the vehicle + onboard superconducting magnets to push that plasma outward? The Lorentz force would increase shock stand-off and cut surface heat flux on reentry while Starship’s cryogenics could support the magnets. residual thermal protection would still be needed, the system would have to prove lighter but it’d be simpler than the current tiles and may cut down significantly on the reentry heat /plasma.
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Six minutes 35 seconds. That's all this booster gets from liftoff to the chopsticks.
Friday's Flight 15 is meant to catch BOTH stages for the first time. The ship loops the Earth 14 times over 22 hours, drops 26 Starlink satellites, then comes home to the same tower.
Window opens 10:45pm UK time, Friday the 13th, if the FAA signs it off. Of all the dates.
Seeing one go up in person is top of my list. Who's staying up?
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