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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Starship | Flight 13. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA at 2026-07-24 22:45:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 1 out of 21 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Test Flight and the payload will be injected into a Suborbital (Sub).

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.

• [2026-07-24 22:45:00 UTC] 🟩 Starship | Flight 13 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA.
• [2026-07-25 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-51 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-07-29 02:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-52 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-07-29 11:42:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 7A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-07-30 00:52:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 6A | Unknown Payload from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-07-30 06:37:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-95 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | LOXSAT 1 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | StriX Launch 11 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-07-31 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Mir | Demo Flight from Sea Launch.

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