SpaceX Schedules Starship Flight 15 With Planned Dual Catch at Starbase

SpaceX scheduled Starship Flight 15 for November 13, 2026, with a 75-minute launch window opening at 5:45 p.m. EST from Starbase in South Texas. The mission plan called for the launch tower to catch both the Super Heavy booster and Ship, the upper stage.

Key details

• The launch window was set to open at 5:45 p.m. EST (22:45 GMT) and last 75 minutes.
• Super Heavy was planned to return to Starbase about 6.5 minutes after liftoff.
• Ship was scheduled to deploy 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites in low Earth orbit, beginning about 35 minutes after launch and continuing for 42 minutes.
• The mission was planned to last more than 22 hours, with Ship’s return targeted for November 14, about 22.5 hours after liftoff.

Ship was slated to deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites during Flight 15.

Why it matters

SpaceX had caught Super Heavy on three earlier Starship test flights, while Flight 15 would mark the first planned attempt to catch Ship. The planned satellite deployment would add another 26 Starlink V3 satellites to the network.