Archive · 2 Oct 2025
SpaceX Starship Prepares for Eleventh Test Flight on October 13
SpaceX is launching its Starship rocket for the 11th time to learn how to fly to Mars!
The test will focus on making the rocket's lower stage better and testing the heat shield.
They will also try to steer the top part of the rocket back to Earth, like it will have to do in space.
The company wants to land the top part of the rocket in the Indian Ocean.
You can watch the flight on X, which is the same platform as the TV app.
This helps SpaceX make the rocket better and one day send astronauts to Mars.
SpaceX's Starship will undergo its eleventh test flight on October 13th.
The launch aims to improve the Super Heavy booster and test Starship's heat shield.
Mid-flight maneuvers will be tested to enable the upper stage to return and land.
The upper stage will attempt a landing in the Indian Ocean.
The flight will be streamed on X.
- Who
- SpaceX
- What
- Starship's eleventh test flight
- When
- October 13
- Where
- Launched from Starbase in Texas, upper stage lands in Indian Ocean.
- Why
- To test Starship systems for future Mars missions and landing capabilities.
- Rocket
- SpaceX Starship
- Test Flight Number
- 11
- Launch Date
- October 13
- Launch Time (ET)
- 7:15 PM
- Launch Site
- Starbase, Texas
- Upper-Stage Landing
- Indian Ocean
- Streaming Platform
- X