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SpaceX's Starship V2 Soars, V3 Redesign Awaits 2026

10/19/2025

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) completed the final test flight of Starship Version 2 on October 13, 2025.
The mission deployed eight Starlink simulators and splashed down in the Indian Ocean.
Starship Version 3 is set to debut in 2026 with docking adapters for in-orbit propellant transfer as SpaceX acknowledges potential challenges with Version 3's radical redesign.

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Story summary

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) completed the final test flight of Starship Version 2 on October 13, 2025.
The mission deployed eight Starlink simulators and splashed down in the Indian Ocean.
Starship Version 3 is set to debut in 2026 with docking adapters for in-orbit propellant transfer as SpaceX acknowledges potential challenges with Version 3's radical redesign.