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SpaceX Set for 11th Starship Test Flight on October 13

10/12/2025

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SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) will launch its 11th Starship test flight on October 13 from Starbase in South Texas, with backups on October 14 and 15.
The flight will reuse a Super Heavy booster for the first time and include heat shield upgrades.
The mission will gather data for future Mars missions and deploy payloads into suborbital space.
The flight supports SpaceX's NASA lunar contract.

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SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) will launch its 11th Starship test flight on October 13 from Starbase in South Texas, with backups on October 14 and 15.
The flight will reuse a Super Heavy booster for the first time and include heat shield upgrades.
The mission will gather data for future Mars missions and deploy payloads into suborbital space.
The flight supports SpaceX's NASA lunar contract.