SpaceX is aiming to launch Starship Flight 15 from Starbase, Texas, on Friday 13 November, with a window opening at 22:45 UTC (23:45 in Vienna, 01:45 on the 14th in Istanbul), pending a licence change from the US FAA. The Block 3 booster (B22) should return to the launch tower and be caught by its arms a few minutes after liftoff. The ship (S42) is meant to reach orbit, release Starlink V3 satellites — three with cameras to inspect its heat shield — coast for about a day, re-enter over the Pacific and, about 22½ hours after launch, fly back over northern Mexico and southern Texas to be caught at the tower too. If anything is off, it can splash down off Hawaii or Chile instead. Our take: if both catches work, a whole orbital rocket would come back intact for the first time — but Starship dates slip often.
22:45 UTCwindow opens on Fri 13 Nov (if approved)
2tower catches planned: booster and ship
~22.5 hfrom liftoff to the ship catch