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List of Starship launches

As of, the SpaceX Starship has been launched times, with successes and failures. The American company has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using economies of scale.[1] It aims to achieve this by reusing both rocket stages, increasing payload mass to orbit, increasing launch frequency, creating a mass-manufacturing pipeline and adapting it to a wide range of space missions.[2][3] Starship is the latest project in SpaceX's reusable launch system development program and plan to colonize Mars, and is one of two landing systems selected by NASA for the Artemis program's crewed Lunar missions.

SpaceX calls the entire launch vehicle "Starship", which consists of the Super Heavy first stage (booster) and the ambiguously-named Starship second stage (ship).[4] There are four versions of the Starship vehicle: Block 1, (also known as Starship 1, Version 1, or V1) which is retired,[5] Block 2, which first flew in Starship flight test 7 and was retired after Starship flight test 11, Block 3, and Block 4, with the latter two in development. As of, 6 Block 1 vehicles and Block 2 vehicles have flown;[6] with the last Block 1 launch occurring in November 2024 (Starship flight test 6). Both Starship's first and second stages are planned to be reusable, and are planned to be caught by the tower arms used to assemble the rocket at the pad.[7] This capability was first demonstrated during Starship's fifth flight test, using a Block 1 booster.

Launch statistics

Launch sites

Launch outcomes

Booster landings

Ship landings

Booster version

Ship version

Past launches

2023

2024

2025

In a talk in November 2024, Starbase General Manager Kathy Lueders announced that SpaceX hoped to be able to catch a Starship upper stage sometime in the next 6 months and have as many as 25 launches in 2025.[30] This did not occur. Starship was launched just five times in 2025.

Future launches

Future launches are listed chronologically when firm plans are in place. Launches are expected to take place "no earlier than" (NET) the listed date.

2026

2027 and beyond

See also

References

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  89. Starship vehicles have a multiple-digit serial number, followed by a hyphen and a number that indicates the flight count. Starship vehicles are in a S#-# format, while boosters are B#-#. For example, B14‑1 and B14‑2 represent the first and second flights of B14. Vehicles without a hyphen were either expended on their first flight or retired after recovery. Missions where a new vehicle is used are marked with a mint-colored background.^
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