Summary of Starship missions
| Note |
Scheduled and ongoing missions are highlighted in italics, respectively; NET = No earlier than. Throughout tables the European time format (day/month/year) is used; all times are UTC. |
Last update: 20 January 2026
| Mission | Crew | Mission duration | Launch site | Landing site | Vehicles / purpose / mission highlights / noticeable events | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no. | designation | vehicle (callsign) | (up/down) | lift-off | landing | |||
| Starship | ||||||||
| – | Integrated Flight Test 1 (IFT-1) | S24 / B7 | – | 20/04/2023 | – | Starbase OLP-A |
(Gulf of Mexico) | SpaceX Starship, Ship 24 and Booster 7, first suborbital test flight from Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas (USA) which, however, had to be terminated past max q at around 39 km in altitude before staging. B7 was to perform a water landing in the Gulf of Mexico, S24 was to splash down in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. |
| – | Integrated Flight Test 2 (IFT-2) | S25 / B9 | – | 18/11/2023 | – | Starbase OLP-A |
(Gulf of Mexico / Atlantic Ocean) |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 25 and Booster 9, second suborbital test flight from Starbase, attempting to replicate the planned flight profile of IFT-1. IFT-2 successfully took off on all 33 B9 engines, and made it through hot-staging at 2 minutes and 45 seconds into the flight at 70 km of altitude. Following stage separation B9 disintegrated some 35 seconds later at 90 km of altitude. S25 continued nominally for five and a half minutes on all six engines to an altitude of 148 km and 24,124 km/h of speed before (presumably) being terminated. |
| – | Flight Test 3 (FT-3) | S28 / B10 | – | 14/03/2024 | – | Starbase OLP-A |
(Gulf of Mexico / Indian Ocean) |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 28 and Booster 10, performed a successful third suborbital test flight from Starbase. The stack lifted off on all 33 B10 engines and went through hot-staging without apparent issues. B10 completed the boost back burn and made it back to some 1 km in altitude when the landing burn failed. S28 completed its nominal engine burn and made it to orbit (max. 234 km in altitude), eventually breaking up during re-entry over the Indian Ocean. |
| – | Flight Test 4 (FT-4) | S29 / B11 | – | 06/06/2024 | 06/06/2024 | Starbase OLP-A |
Gulf of Mexico / Indian Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 29 and Booster 11, performed a successful fourth suborbital test flight from Starbase. The stack lifted off on 32 of 33 B11 engines and went through hot-staging without issues. B11 completed the boost back burn and made it back to a simulated soft vertical water landing in the Gulf of Mexico. S29 completed its nominal engine burn and made it to orbit (max. 214 km in altitude), went through a controlled re-entry, performed the belly-flop manoeuvre and concluded with a simulated water landing in the Indian Ocean. |
| – | Flight Test 5 (FT-5) | S30 / B12 | – | 13/10/2024 | 13/10/2024 | Starbase OLP-A |
Starbase / Indian Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 30 and Booster 12 completed a nominal mission. B12 was successfully caught by the so-called chopsticks at Starbase's launch tower. S30 featuring a redesigned thermal protection system including reinforced heatshield tiles performed a pinpoint landing in the Indian Ocean close to its target buoy. |
| – | Flight Test 6 (FT-6) | S31 / B13 | – | 19/11/2024 | 19/11/2024 | Starbase OLP-A |
Gulf of Mexico / Indian Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 31 and Booster 13, followed a similar flight profile as FT-5. B13 precisely landed offshore in the Gulf of Mexico rather than at its launch tower in Boca Chica, Texas. S31 performed another pinpoint landing in the Indian Ocean close to its target buoy |
| – | Flight Test 7 (FT-7) | S33 / B14 | – | 16/01/2025 | 16/01/2025 | Starbase OLP-A |
Starbase / Atlantic Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, (first Block 2) Ship 33 and Booster 14, was a partial failure. Everything went according to plan past stage separation, and B14 performed a successful catch at launch tower OLP-A in Boca Chica, Texas. However, S34 on its way to a sub-orbital trajectory experienced a major malfunction 8 minutes and 26 seconds into the flight at an altitude of 146 km and a speed of 21,317 km/h. Following the, according to Space X, uncommanded disintegration, debris fell into the ocean north of Puerto Rico. |
| – | Flight Test 8 (FT-8) | S34 / B15 | – | 06/03/2025 | 06/03/2025 | Starbase OLP-A |
Starbase / Atlantic Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 34 and Booster 15, was a partial failure very similar to FT-7. Everything went according to plan past stage separation, and B15 performed a successful catch at launch tower OLP-A in Boca Chica, Texas. However, S34 on its way to a sub-orbital trajectory experienced a major malfunction 8 minutes and 5 seconds into the flight at an altitude of 146 km and a speed of 20,142 km/h. Following the disintegration, debris fell into the ocean near the Bahamas. |
| – | Flight Test 9 (FT-9) | S35 / B14 | – | 27/05/2025 | 28/05/2025 | Starbase OLP-A |
Gulf of Mexico / Indian Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 35 and reflown Booster 14, did not achieve all of its mission requirements. Everything went according to plan past stage separation, and B14 performed several successful engine burns before failing during the landing burn over the Gulf of Mexico. S35 performed well and achieved its intended sub-orbital trajectory. However, the planned deployment of dummy Starlink spacecraft could not be done due to issues with the payload door. Subsequently, S35 developed attitude control issues, causing the vehicle to disintegrate over the Indian Ocean roughly 47 minutes into the flight. |
| – | Flight Test 10 (FT-10) | S37 / B16 | – | 26/08/2025 | 27/08/2025 | Starbase OLP-A |
Gulf of Mexico / Indian Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 37 and Booster 16, was a widely successful flight following a similar flight profile than the previous three flight tests. As intended, B16 performed a hover landing and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. S37 flew its intended trajectory, deployed several Starlink mass dummies and completed its re-entry and subsequent splashdown over the Indian Ocean despite an explosion in the ship's engine section. |
| – | Flight Test 11 (FT-11) | S38 / B15 | – | 13/10/2025 | 14/10/2025 | Starbase OLP-A |
Gulf of Mexico / Indian Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 38 and reflown Booster 15, was a fully successful flight and the last involving Block 2 hardware. It was following a similar flight profile than the previous flight test. As intended, B15 performed a hover landing and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. S38 flew its intended trajectory, deployed eight Starlink mass dummies and completed its uneventful re-entry and subsequent splashdown over the Indian Ocean. |
| – | Flight Test 12 (FT-12) | S39 / B19 | – | Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 | Starbase OLP-2 |
Gulf of Mexico / Indian Ocean |
SpaceX Starship, Ship 39 and Booster 19, is scheduled to be the first launch of Block 3 vehicles from new pad OLP-2. Trajectories will be similar as on previous flights. |