Final launch of a Block 2 Starship, and the final launch from Pad 1 in its current configuration.

Scheduled for (UTC)	2025-10-13 23:23:00
Scheduled for (local)	2025-10-13 18:23 (CDT)
Launch Window (UTC)	2025-10-13 23:23 to 2025-10-14 00:30 (1 hour 15 minutes)
Launch site	Pad 1, Starbase, Texas, USA.
Booster	B15-2
Ship	S38
Booster landing	Gulf of Mexico
Ship landing	Indian Ocean

Webcasts

Stream	Link
Space Affairs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfUbb3L4f0g
Everyday Astronaut	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMD-Wo8jz90
Spaceflight Now	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrcLIvoiKfw
NASASpaceflight	Stakeout stream, launch stream
LabPadre	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGUw41G4Jf0
The Launch Pad	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNNj9Svq3HE
VideoFromSpace	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31KE1XY32SE
SpaceX	https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1972798064403357887
The Space Devs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYegpMZW2Vw

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 5th launch of Starship version 2

☑️ 5th Starship Full Stack launch this year, 11th overall

☑️ 5th launch from Pad 1 this year, 11th overall

☑️ 47 days, 23:45:00 turnaround for Pad 1

☑️ 220 days, 23:45:00 turnaround for B15

☑️ 132nd SpaceX launch this year, 581st overall

Mission Details

NextSpaceflight

SpaceX website (current, archive)

• Primary booster objective will be demonstrating a unique landing burn engine configuration planned to be used on the next generation Super Heavy.
• Super Heavy will ignite 13 engines at the start of the landing burn and then transition to a new configuration with five engines running for the divert phase. Previously done with three engines, the planned baseline for V3 Super Heavy will use five engines during the section of the burn responsible for fine-tuning the booster’s path, adding additional redundancy for spontaneous engine shutdowns. The booster will then transition to its three center engines for the end of the landing burn, entering a full hover while still above the ocean surface, followed by shutdown and dropping into the Gulf.
• Ship will deploy 8 Starlink simulators and perform an in-space Raptor relight.
• For reentry, tiles have been removed from Starship to intentionally stress-test vulnerable areas across the vehicle. Several of the missing tiles are in areas where tiles are bonded to the vehicle and do not have a backup ablative layer.
• To mimic the path a ship will take on future flights returning to Starbase, the final phase of Starship’s trajectory on Flight 11 includes a dynamic banking maneuver and will test subsonic guidance algorithms prior to a landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

Link to Starship Dev thread