Starship Flight 15 launch date

Starship Flight 15 is scheduled to launch from Starbase, Texas no earlier than Friday, November 13, 2026 at 4:45 p.m. CT Central time. A 'no earlier than' date is a target rather than a commitment, and Starship dates slip often. The closest public viewing is State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach while they are open, and South Padre Island, about five miles across the water, once the City of Starbase closes them for the launch.

Probably. Every Starship launch date is published as 'no earlier than', which means the flight will not happen before that date but may happen well after it. Weather, hardware readiness, and Federal Aviation Administration clearance all move the target. This page re-reads the official date from the Launch Library 2 feed once a day, and every five minutes through the last day before launch, so a slip appears here without anyone editing the site.

Not from the pad. There is no SpaceX viewing area at Starbase and no visitor center. While State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach are open you can drive the public road past the build site, but the City of Starbase closes both for every launch, so that is not an option on launch day itself. On launch day the public watches from South Padre Island, about five miles across the water, with Isla Blanca Park the closest of the marked spots.

Yes. The City of Starbase closes State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach for every Starship launch, and normally files a backup window for the following day as well. Each closure is a signed mayoral order published by the city. Our road-closure page lists the windows currently on record and re-reads the city about every 2 hours during the day.

SpaceX streams every Starship flight live on X and on YouTube, and the stream opens shortly before the launch window. SpaceX publishes the mission page and the stream link only once the date firms up, so for this flight there is no link to give yet.

Watch the countdown and the date on this page, both of which are re-read from the official feed rather than typed in. The closure schedule is a second signal, because the City of Starbase files a separate order for each launch attempt, including the ones that scrub.

Yes, that is the plan. SpaceX's Flight 15 mission page says the flight is planned to be the first to return both Starship and Super Heavy to the launch site for a catch. The ship returns only if the flight team confirms that the systems it needs for reentry, the landing burn, and the tower approach are healthy. If not, SpaceX can bring it down over the ocean. SpaceX says the launch is pending regulatory approval. Elon Musk first announced the plan on SpaceX's earnings call on October 20, 2026. Ship 42, the Flight 15 ship, did fit tests with the tower arms on September 11 and 12, 2026.