Starship Flight 11 UPDATES : Starbase TX : 13 October 2025 (23:23 UTC)

[ChrisC]

This is the UPDATES ONLY thread for Starship Flight 11. Only updates get posted here, and non-update posts may be deleted without warning.  Many NSF members will have this thread on "notify", meaning they get a notification email for every single post to this thread, so this thread is limited to truly newsworthy updates re the topic.

On the actual launch day(s), this thread will host the full coverage of the countdown and mission, with images, video clips, and "X" updates from SpaceX and NSF.

Post ALL questions, comments, observations in the discussion thread here:
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Previous updates and discussion thread:  Flight 11 pre-flight preparations

Previews:

NSF preview article: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/10/starship-flight-11-the-end-beginning-new/

SpaceX's Flight 11 preview and updates on their website: http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11
Conversion of SpaceX's info into PDF "press kit":  https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=63577.msg2724932#msg2724932

NSF Countdown To Launch streams:
- Wed Oct 8th / L - 5 days: https://youtube.com/watch?v=iD_yoljR400
- Sat Oct 11th / L - 2 days: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0ze8wxTE_5Y
- Sun Oct 12th / L - 1 day: https://youtube.com/watch?v=m1c13m__Urk
(Sat Oct 11th is actually not a CTL show rather the stream that covered Ship 38 rollout and then stack)

Launch day coverage:

SpaceX launch stream on X: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mrGmBjyEZgJy
LIVE rebroadcast of above on YouTube by Space Affairs: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HfUbb3L4f0g

Multiviews available to paid members of NSF's Youtube channel:
- general multiview of all NSF cameras: https://youtube.com/watch?v=B6AVVJT0pzE
- BTS ("behind the scenes") multiview incl. control room audio: https://youtube.com/watch?v=raX6zAG7GD8

NSF stakeout stream on Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=b-H_0gow6Hg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-H_0gow6Hg

NSF launch stream on Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7bcpnn_PO-A
0h26m - 1h40m: guests Eric Berger, Christian Davenport and Ashlee Vance
3h15m - 4h40m: guest Scott Manley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bcpnn_PO-A

[ChrisC]

Ship static fire completion announcement by SpaceX, typically an indication that their quick-look review of the SF data was good.

SpaceX
@SpaceX
Starship completes a full-duration static fire ahead of the eleventh flight test

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1970282201360277729

[ChrisC]

First of the air mission / mariner notices that indicated the launch window opens on Oct 6th:

https://twitter.com/Alexphysics13/status/1970550801916711115

[ChrisC]

Overnight, Ship 38 rolled back from launch area to production site:

https://twitter.com/ENNEPS/status/1970835153313288628

[ChrisC]

Pad 1 reconfig progress today (Wednesday):
- no activity all morning, a rarity on these mounts, presumably waiting for S38 inspection and go-ahead word
- 12:30pm CT: workers arrived, scaffolding started on top of mount
- 7:30pm CT: light flashes observed at BQD, presumably ship de-mod metal work

[catdlr]

Pad 1 reconfig progress today (Wednesday):
- no activity all morning, a rarity on these mounts, presumably waiting for S38 inspection and go-ahead word
- 12:30pm CT: workers arrived, scaffolding started on top of mount
- 7:30pm CT: light flashes observed at BQD, presumably ship de-mod metal work

continuing:
- 2:00 am CT, some work started with two man-lifts, one at the QD and another where the Chill lines are connected to the OLM drain lines.
 -4:19 am CT, man lifts lowered, and OLM-1 De-Mod work appears to be inactive

[catdlr]

StarbaseTracking@TrackingTheSB

A booster transport stand has been staged by MB1

https://twitter.com/TrackingTheSB/status/1971345377669546456

[catdlr]

After a day of little activity at the OLM-1, I'll go out on a limb and say that the word is that the Static Fire was successful because there are man-lifts all around as they are moving the engine chill drain lines, The chopsticks were moved away and upward to make rroom and the Libber LR11000 Crane is stationed next to the OLM to take off the SQR Mount.

[catdlr]

This post has an embedded video.

Elisar Priel@ENNEPS
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Preparations continue at Starbase for flight 11 of Starship on multiple fronts, over at the Launch Site, the ship adaptor, AKA "Starstool" was removed for the last time from the Pad 1 OLM, as part of the reconfiguration for flight.
@NASASpaceflight
 
http://nsf.live/starbase

https://twitter.com/ENNEPS/status/1971541378867003843

[catdlr]

B15-2 was moved out of MB-1 and placed into the Rocket Garden...for now.

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Lewis Knaggs@lewisknaggs42
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Starship Flight 11 has been delayed by 1 week per a new Notice.

No Earlier Than October 13, at 18:15 CDT (23:15 UTC)

 

https://x.com/lewisknaggs42/status/1971585292844069234

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
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Starship Flight 11: Workers are continuing to dismantle the modifications to Pad 1 ahead of Booster 15-2's arrival for its launch with Ship 38 in October.

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1971584197463855241

[catdlr]

HERE WE GO


SpaceX@SpaceX

Watch Starship's eleventh flight test

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11

Broadcast link:  https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mrGmBjyEZgJy

The eleventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, October 13. The launch window will open at 6:15 p.m. CT.

A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the X TV app. As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change, so be sure to check in here and stay tuned to our X account for updates.

The upcoming flight will build on the successful demonstrations from Starship’s tenth flight test with flight experiments gathering data for the next generation Super Heavy booster, stress-testing Starship’s heatshield, and demonstrating maneuvers that will mimic the upper stage’s final approach for a future return to launch site.

The booster on this flight test previously flew on Flight 8 and will launch with 24 flight-proven Raptor engines. Its primary test objective will be demonstrating a unique landing burn engine configuration planned to be used on the next generation Super Heavy. It will attempt this while on a trajectory to an offshore landing point in the Gulf of America and will not return to the launch site for catch.

Super Heavy will ignite 13 engines at the start of the landing burn and then transition to a new configuration with five engines running for the divert phase. Previously done with three engines, the planned baseline for V3 Super Heavy will use five engines during the section of the burn responsible for fine-tuning the booster’s path, adding additional redundancy for spontaneous engine shutdowns. The booster will then transition to its three center engines for the end of the landing burn, entering a full hover while still above the ocean surface, followed by shutdown and dropping into the Gulf of America. The primary goal on the flight test is to measure the real-world vehicle dynamics as engines shut down while transitioning between the different phases.

The Starship upper stage will target multiple in-space objectives, including the deployment of eight Starlink simulators, similar in size to next-generation Starlink satellites. The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship and are expected to demise upon entry. A relight of a single Raptor engine while in space is also planned.

The flight test includes several experiments and operational changes focused on enabling Starship’s upper stage to return to the launch site on future flights. For reentry, tiles have been removed from Starship to intentionally stress-test vulnerable areas across the vehicle. Several of the missing tiles are in areas where tiles are bonded to the vehicle and do not have a backup ablative layer. To mimic the path a ship will take on future flights returning to Starbase, the final phase of Starship’s trajectory on Flight 11 includes a dynamic banking maneuver and will test subsonic guidance algorithms prior to a landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

[StraumliBlight]

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1972798064403357887

Watch Starship's eleventh flight test

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1972796666878247379

Starship’s tenth flight test took a significant step forward in developing the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.

Next up: Flight 11 of Starship is targeted to launch as early as Monday, October 13

[catdlr]

YouTube Version of the Flight 10 highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcd_SQZDlnk

[catdlr]

Jack discussed the actions leading up to this flight (the announcement from SpaceX came after the video premiered)

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=60109.msg2721991#msg2721991

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Shana Diez@ShanaDiez
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We’ve worked through system checkout tests on Booster and Ship and are in final verification work for Starship flight 11. The last V1/V2 with flight 12 being the first V3 flight for both Booster and Ship with the new launch pad being prepared for that flight as well.  Exciting times all around!

https://twitter.com/ShanaDiez/status/1972803128513937566

[Steven Pietrobon]

PDF of online press kit.

[Chris Bergin]

Please remember this is an UPDATE only thread. A lot of people have this on notification. Use the discussion thread for NON UPDATE posts.

[StraumliBlight]

https://www.cadenaois.org/vpublic_anspdetail.jsp?view=15#

Primary Launch Day OCT 13 2315Z-0122Z
Backup Launch Day OCT 14 2315Z-0122Z
Backup Launch Day OCT 15 2315Z-0122Z
Backup Launch Day OCT 16 2315Z-0122Z
Backup Launch Day OCT 17 2315Z-0122Z
Backup Launch Day OCT 18 2315Z-0122Z
Backup Launch Day OCT 19 2315Z-0122Z

SpaceX Starship FLIGHT-11 Super Heavy Rocket Launch
Starbase, TX

Hazard Area Evaluation
The National Airspace System (NAS) hazard area evaluation examined two launch Aircraft Hazard Areas (AHA) associated with the launch of Starship. The first, AHA-A extends from the launch site to approximately 800nm east southeastward. The second, AHA-B, extends from 526nm southeast of the launch site to approximately 1680nm southeast. These AHAs are in the Houston, Miami and San Juan ARTCC airspace. A third hazard area safeguarding the second stage reentry is located east of Madagascar and is contained within the Antananarivo, Mauritius, and Melbourne FIRs.

Anticipated Integration Mitigations
The AHA length and location significantly impact air routes in the Gulf of America and in the south/southeast areas of Florida. Traffic Management Initiatives (TMIs) will include reroutes to structure traffic around the AHAs.

All Flight 11 related NOTAMs

Issue Date UTC: 10/03/2025 1624
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2315
End Date UTC: 10/20/2025 0122

Q) MUFH/QRDXX/IV/BO/W/000/999/
A) MUFH B) 2510132315 C) 2510200122
E) DNG AREA DUE TO STARSHIP LAUNCH 11 LATERAL LIMIT AREA FORMED BY THE UNION OF THE FLW POINTS:
   2400N08341W 2400N08007W 2310N07648W 2212N07526W 2320N07954W 2325N08014W 2326N08017W 2334N08058W 2346N08202W 2351N08252W 2353N08307W TO THE ORIGIN POINT
  DATE OCT 13 - 2315 UTC - OCT 14 - 0122 UTC
  BACKUP LAUNCH DATES
  OCT 14 - 2315 UTC - OCT 15 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 15 - 2315 UTC - OCT 16 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 16 - 2315 UTC - OCT 17 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 17 - 2315 UTC - OCT 18 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 18 - 2315 UTC - OCT 19 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 19 - 2315 UTC - OCT 20 - 0122 UTC
F) SFC G) UNL

Issue Date UTC: 10/03/2025 1729
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2315
End Date UTC: 10/20/2025 0122

Q) MUFH/QXXXX/IV/NBO/E/000/999/2107N07944W999
A) MUFH B) 2510132315 C) 2510200122
E) DUE TO STARSHIP LAUNCH 11:
    -MUFH FIR WILL CONSIDER AHA AND DRA ZONES ACT BFR LAUNCH TIME.
    -SB TFC FM KZMA FIR WILL BE ACPT OVER CANOA, MAXIM, FUNDI, TANIA, URSUS, BORDO, DYNAH, ENAMO AND ERRCA WP ONLY TIL 2300 UTC.
    -NB TFC FM THE E OVER URLAM AND MODIT WP WILL BE ACPT ONLY TIL 2215 UTC.
    -TFC FM MMID, MHCC, MKJK FIR AND OWEN ROBERTS TMA WILL BE ACPT ONLY TIL 2225 UTC.
    -MUFH FIR WILL NOT BE AVBL FOR NB TFC BOUND TO KZMA/KHOU FIR TIL FAA SPACE OPS CONFIRMS THAT OPS ARE BACK TO NORMAL.
    -ALL TFC MUST BE AWARE OF POSS HLDG AND DLA.
    -IN CASE OF EMERG, AVBL AD: MUHA, MUVR AND MUHG.
  DATE OCT 13 - 2315 UTC - OCT 14 - 0122 UTC
  BACKUP LAUNCH DATES
  OCT 14 - 2315 UTC - OCT 15 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 15 - 2315 UTC - OCT 16 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 16 - 2315 UTC - OCT 17 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 17 - 2315 UTC - OCT 18 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 18 - 2315 UTC - OCT 19 - 0122 UTC
  OCT 19 - 2315 UTC - OCT 20 - 0122 UTC

Issue Date UTC: 10/06/2025 1707
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2315
End Date UTC: 10/17/2025 0122

Q) MYNA/QRALW/IV/NBO/W/000/999/2448N07725W005
A) MYNA
B) 2510132315 C) 2510170122
D) 13-14 2315-0122 14-15 2315-0122 15-16 2315-0122  16-17 2315-0122
E) AIRSPACE RESERVATION SPACEX STARSHIP FLT-11 WI COORD: 231000N0764800W TO 225800N0760000W TO 223600N0760000W TO BEGINNING.
CTN SPACE LAUNCH/ HAZARDOUS OPS WITH POSSIBILITY OF FALLING SPACE DEBRIS.
F) SFC G) 6000FT AMSL

Issue Date UTC: 10/07/2025 1229
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2315
End Date UTC: 10/19/2025 0324

Q) SOOO/QWMLW/IV/BO /W /000/999/0904N04045W326
A) SOOO B) 2510132315 C) 2510190324
D) 13-19 2315-0324
E) RISK OF ELEMENTS FALLOUT DURING LAUNCH OF STARSHIP FLT11 : CTL RESTRICTIONS AND REROUTING WILL BE APPLIED:
- LATERAL LIMITS: 0638N03657W 1010N04420W 1045N04554W 1133N04335W 0730N03600W 0718N03539W
F) SFC G) UNL

Issue Date UTC: 10/08/2025 1238
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2315
End Date UTC: 10/20/2025 0122

Q) KZMA/QXXXX//////
A) MBPV
B) 2510132315
C) 2510200122
D) 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 2315-0122
E) TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS AIRSPACE CLOSURE FROM GND TO FL060 DUE TO SPACEX STARSHIP FLT-11 ROCKET LAUNCH
2146N 07302W, 2201N 07251W, 2115N 07034W, 2102N 07050W, 2129N 07232W TO BEGINNING.

THIS NOTAM IS BEING DISSEMINATED BY THE U.S. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLAND AIRPORTS AUTHORITY (TCIAA). TCIAA SHALL REMAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY AND INTEGRITY OF THE AERONAUTICAL DATA AND INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS NOTAM.
F) GND
G) FL060

Issue Date UTC: 10/08/2025 0030
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2357
End Date UTC: 10/20/2025 0305

Q) YMMM/QRDCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/2306S09330E999
A) YMMM
B) 2510132357 C) 2510200305
D) 2510132357 TO 2510140305
   2510142357 TO 2510150305
   2510152357 TO 2510160305
   2510162357 TO 2510170305
   2510172357 TO 2510180305
   2510182357 TO 2510190305
   2510192357 TO 2510200305
E) TEMPO DANGER AREA ACT ROCKET LAUNCH WILL TAKE PLACE FLW RECEIVED FM GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: HAZARDOUS OPS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN OF SPACEX STARSHIP FLT-11 STAGE 2 WI THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
2633S 07500E - 2443S 07500E - 2353S 07935E - 2249S 08417E - 2129S 08853E - 2047S 09236E - 2014S 09527E - 1950S 09855E - 1854S 10505E - 1741S 11050E - 1759S 11056E - 1938S 10732E - 2052S 10404E - 2216S 10052E - 2328S 09759E - 2415S 09442E - 2515S 08929E - 2611S 08020E TO BEGINNING
F) SFC G) UNL

Issue Date UTC: 10/08/2025 2231
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2315
End Date UTC: 10/20/2025 0112

Q) MMFR/QRDCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/
A) MMFR
B) 2510132315
C) 2510200112
D) DLY 2315-0112
E) DANGEROUS AREA FOR LAUNCH OF ROCKET SPACEX STARSHIP FLT-11
   LATERA LIMIT AREA FORMED BY THE UNION OF THE FLW POINTS:
   2558N 09713W
   2600N 09700W
   2600N 09555W
   2513N 09422W
   2525N 09514W
   2535N 09627W
   2554N 09711W
   2558N 09713W
   MMFR
F) SFC
G) UNL

Issue Date UTC: 10/09/2025 1052
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2357
End Date UTC: 10/20/2025 0305EST

Q) FIMM/QRALW/IV/NBO /W /000/999/2530S06515E005
A) FIMM B) 2510132357 C) 2510200305 EST
D) 13 2357 - 2359   14 0000 - 0305   14 2357 - 2359   15 0000 - 0305   15 2357 - 2359   16 0000 - 0305   16 2357 - 2359   17 0000 - 0305   17 2357 - 2359   18 0000 - 0305   18 2357 - 2359   19 0000 - 0305   19 2357 - 2359   20 0000 - 0305
E) STATIONARY ALTITUDE RESERVATION FOR HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS FROM SFC TO UNL FOR ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN OF SPACE X STARSHIP FLT-11 ROCKET WI AN AREA BOUNDED BY FLW COORD:
2550S 05700E   2553S 05935E   2551S 06245E   2543S 06637E   2501S 07314E   2443S 07500E   2633S 07500E   2637S 07325E   2655S 06723E   2641S 05734E   2639S 05700E TO BEGINNING
PRIMARY RE-ENTRY BTN 2357 ON 13 OCT 2025 AND 0305 ON 14 OCT 2025.
BACK UP RE-ENTRY BTN 14 OCT 2025 AND 20 OCT 2025 AS PER FIELD D.
F) SFC G) UNL

Issue Date UTC: 10/09/2025 1837
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2315
End Date UTC: 10/20/2025 0334

Q) TTZP/QWMLW/IV/BO/W/245/999/1450N05112W999
A) TTZP
B) 2510132315 C) 2510200334
D) 2315 - 0334
E) HAZARDOUS AREA ACTIVATED DUE TO THE STARSHIP SUPER HEAVY FLIGHT 11 MISSION LAUNCH WITHIN THE TTZP AREA. PIARCO ACC WILL NOT ACCEPT FLIGHTS WITHIN 50NM OF THE DANGER AREA BOUNDED BY COORDINATES:
1741N06230W - 1800N06200W - 1800N06100W - 1658N06036W - 1741N06230W
PRIMARY LAUNCH DATE: 251013
BACKUP DATES: 251014 251015 251016 251017 251018 251019 251020
F) FL245 G) UNL

Issue Date UTC: 10/09/2025 2016
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2315
End Date UTC: 10/14/2025 0112

Q) TTZP/QWMLW/IV/BO/W/000/999/1450N05112W999
A) TTZP
B) 2510132315 C) 2510140112
D) 2315-0112
E) HAZARDOUS AREA ACTIVATED DUE TO THE STARSHIP SUPER HEAVY FLIGHT 11 MISSION LAUNCH WITHIN THE TTZP AREA. PIARCO ACC WILL NOT ACCEPT FLIGHTS WITHIN 50NM OF THE DANGER AREA BOUNDED BY COORDINATES:
1658N06036W - 1800N06100W - 1800N05854W - 1607N05339W - 1321N04706W - 1131N04331W - 1044N04551W - 1254N05126W - 1526N05655W - 1658N06036W
PRIMARY LAUNCH DATE: 251013
BACKUP DATES: 251014 251015 251016 251017 251018 251019
F) SFC G) UNL

Issue Date UTC: 10/10/2025 1123
Start Date UTC: 10/13/2025 2357
End Date UTC: 10/20/2025 0305

Q) FMMM/QWALW/IV/BO/W/000/999/2606S05257E246
A) FMMM B) 2510132357 C) 2510200305
D) 2357-0305
E) DANGEROUS AREA FOR FALLING DEBRIS OF STARSHIP 'FLT-11' ROCKET WILL TAKE PLACE WI :
2549S 04853E - 2533S 04854E - 2534S 05100E - 2547S 05522E - 2550S 05700E - 2639S 05700E - 2630S 05458E - 2609S 05019E - 2549S 04853E.
F) SFC G) UNL

[artpoz5]

NOTAM

[ChrisC]

NSF's first Countdown To Launch chat session to preview the upcoming launch is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

FYI I am linking these up in the first post in this thread.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=iD_yoljR400

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD_yoljR400

[Steven Pietrobon]

SpaceX have updated their online press kit with the launch and flight event times, which I've copied below. Attached is a PDF of the updated online press kit. Just noticed that I used Darwin time for the press kit! I'll upload a new version soon that gives the time in UTC.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11

Countdown
All Times Approximate
Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway
00:46:10   Ship LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
00:41:15   Booster fuel load underway
00:35:52   Booster LOX load underway
00:19:40   Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
00:03:20   Ship propellant load complete
00:02:50   Booster propellant load complete
00:00:30   SpaceX flight director verifies GO for launch
00:00:10   Flame deflector activation
00:00:03   Raptor ignition sequence begins
00:00:00   Excitement guaranteed

FLIGHT TEST TIMELINE
All Times Approximate
Hr/Min/Sec   Event
00:00:02   Liftoff
00:01:02   Max Q (moment of peak aerodynamic stress on the rocket)
00:02:37   Super Heavy MECO (most engines cut off)
00:02:39   Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
00:02:49   Super Heavy boostback burn start
00:03:38   Super Heavy boostback burn shutdown
00:03:40   Hot-stage jettison
00:06:20   Super Heavy landing burn start
00:06:36   Super Heavy landing burn shutdown
00:08:58   Starship engine cutoff
00:18:28   Payload deploy demo start
00:25:33   Payload deploy demo complete
00:37:49   Raptor in-space relight demo
00:47:43   Starship entry
01:03:30   Starship is transonic
01:03:52   Starship is subsonic
01:05:58   Landing burn start
01:06:00   Landing flip
01:06:09   Landing burn 3 to 2 engines
01:06:25   An exciting landing!

[Steven Pietrobon]

Here is the corrected updated online press kit with the launch time in UTC (the SpaceX website shows GMT).

[catdlr]

Lewis Knaggs@lewisknaggs42
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Road delay for B15-2 to roll to the Pad ahead of it's launch.

8th of October 10am to 2pm local.

https://twitter.com/lewisknaggs42/status/1975628236991438988

NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
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Starship Flight 11: Booster 15-2 to Pad 1 on Wednesday. 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM Central window.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1975627897986818216

[artpoz5]

Flight 11 has been added to the FAA ATC advisory.
https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt

SPACEX STARLINK FLT 11, STARBASE, TX
PRIMARY:   10/13/25   2315Z-0122Z
BACKUP:      10/14/25   2315Z-0122Z

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Ryan Caton@dpoddolphinpro
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STARSHIP FLIGHT 11: First Re-entry Hazard Notice for Australian airspace. Note, it has *shrunk* between Flight 10 (🟧) and Flight 11 (🟩) by ~30% (eyeballing it)

This could be the result of data gathered by @SpaceX leading to smaller hazard zones.

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
Starship Flight 11: Booster 15-2 heading to Starbase Pad 1 for prelaunch operations.

LIVE: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CQ9eL6kxAdM


https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1975940928935272794

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https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1975945731375579162

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.comNASASpaceflight
Booster 15-2 is chasing down two Cybertrucks. SpaceX gained a fleet of them this week, as did a bunch of other SpaceX facilities.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1975946872150761945

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com
@NASASpaceflight
·

Starship Flight 11: Booster 15-2 is being lifted atop Pad 1.

Potential final milestones:
Block 2 booster being lifted (Flight 12 is Block 3).
A booster is being placed on this design of OLM (Flight 12 is Pad 2, and Pad 1 will be modified).

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1976022560241324275

[catdlr]

SpaceX Starship Flight 11 - LAUNCH STREAM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bcpnn_PO-A

 
Scheduled for Oct 13, 2025
SpaceX is set to launch the 11th flight of Starship from Starbase, Texas. The launch window for Booster 15-2 and Ship 38 opens at 6:15PM CT local time (23:15 UTC) on Monday, October 13, from Pad A.

This mission will not include a catch of Booster 15-2, as the Booster will continue its envelope expansion experiments and splash down in the Gulf. Ship 38 will aim to repeat the success of Flight 10 and sports the best TPS to date. This will be the final Block 2 launch before SpaceX moves to Pad 2 with Block 3 next year.

Launch window: October 13th from 6:15PM CDT to 7:15PM CDT (23:15-00:15 UTC)
Current T0: October 13th at 6:15PM CDT (23:15 UTC)

Mission: Starship's 11th integrated flight test.
Launch location: Launch Pad 1, Starbase, Earth.
Target orbit: Suborbital and transatmospheric
Booster: B15-2
Booster recovery: None, will attempt splashdown on the water
Ship: S38-1
Ship recovery: None, will attempt splashdown on the water
Rocket trajectory: Straight east flying over the Gulf and between Florida and Cuba
Payload onboard: 8 Starlink v3 simulators
Stats:

  - Starship's 11th launch overall
  - SpaceX's 11th launch from Launch pad 1 at Starbase.

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1st Countdown to Launch discussion is now live:

Booster 15 at the pad, waiting on Ship 38 - Countdown to Launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD_yoljR400

 
Started streaming 19 minutes ago
With Starship targeting October 13, NSF will start its "Countdown to Launch" series again. In this show, we will answer all of your questions about the upcoming Starship Flight 11, which will include the final Block 2 launch with Booster 15-2 and Ship 38 as Pad 1 also sees its final launch before it is converted for Block 3.

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Road closures are posted:

Lewis Knaggs@lewisknaggs42
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Flight Road and Beach closures

https://x.com/lewisknaggs42/status/1976037272693899498

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Here is the current set of NOTAMS and NAV WARNINGS.  (There may be more issued in the coming days).

[ChrisC]

SpaceX Starship Flight 11 - LAUNCH STREAM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=7bcpnn_PO-A

And here's the NSF stakeout stream.  I've edited both of these into the first post in this thread.

(edited Tony 10/9:  some of the video comments were updated this morning - and shown below the video card)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-H_0gow6Hg

Launch window: October 13th from 6:15PM CDT to 7:15PM CDT (23:15-00:15 UTC)
Current T0: October 13th at 6:15PM CDT (23:15 UTC)

Mission: Starship's eleventh test flight
Launch location: Launch Pad 1, Starbase, Earth.
Target orbit: Transatmospheric and suborbital.
Booster: B15-2; 220d 23h 44min 25s turnaround
Booster History: Starship Flight 8
Booster recovery: None, booster will perform a hard water landing
Ship: S38-1
Ship recovery: None, ship will perform a soft water landing
Rocket trajectory: Straight east from Starbase and threading between Florida and Cuba
Payload: 8 Starlink simulators
Stats:
  - SpaceX's 573rd launch overall.
  - SpaceX's 134th launch of the year.
  - SpaceX's 6th launch of the month.
  - Starship's 11th launch.
  - SpaceX's 11th launch from Launch Pad 1.

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Scheduled for Oct 11, 2025
The second "Countdown to Launch" show answers all of your questions about the upcoming Starship Flight 11, which will include the final Block 2 launch with Booster 15-2 and Ship 38, as Pad 1 also sees its final launch before it is converted for Block 3.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1c13m__Urk&list=WL

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T-100 hours and counting.  Lots of live coverage coming our way.

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Video Post

NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
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Starship Flight 11: Ship 38 on show inside Mega Bay 2, ahead of Starlink Sim install. Also sporting decals.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1976627620948422836

[Eagandale4114]

Buoy deployment ahead of mondays flight

Mod edit to clarify: this is off the western coast of Australia (seen in photo if you expand it)

https://twitter.com/mcrs987/status/1976695690895278087?s=46

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
Starship Flight 11: Setting up to install the Starlink Sims into Ship 38.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1976741098770035006

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Time-lapse video:

MattZ@wvmattz
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Here is the entire process of loading the eight SimLinks into S38, from last night.  It looks like they had a bit of a struggle at the beginning, but worked it out.  Sadly, we missed #7 while a vehicle blocked the camera. 🤷‍♂️

https://twitter.com/wvmattz/status/1977020952832884899

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Meanwhile at the landing site on the Indian Ocean:

TheSpaceEngineer
@mcrs987
A new challenger approaches.
Past couple days I've been watching this other vessel, S/V SIEM THIIMA, make its way from Dampier to Onslow. Typically such a vessel does not berth in Onslow, as it is primarily a cargo terminal. This morning it departed, setting it's destination to an unspecified location (EXMOUTH PLATEAU, which the LZ is just outside of) with an ETA of October 13 23:34, the start of the launch window.
Little more information on Thiima, completely out of the class of the previous ships used for operations. Built in 2016, has a length of 89.16 meters and a beam of 19 meters. Weighs almost 4,800 gross tons. Crew capacity of 25, which more than supplements Surveyor's capacity. The vessel is currently not serving any job as it's contract in the oil and gas industry was dumped earlier this year.

Over in Broome, Surveyor berthed breifly and then left, going northwest. Completely out of the picture it seems. Couple hours later Supplier berthed at the same terminal briefly and is now trucking along to the LZ.
Thiima is much more capable to be the command center than Supplier. However with the apparent switchover between Surveyor and Supplier, Supplier currently holds the buoys. It's unclear what roles Thiima and Supplier will serve for landing operations (command or tow ship), however Thiima does not appear to be designed for towing. This may just be more of a vessel availability problem than from an operational capability problem.

TheSpaceEngineer
@mcrs987
Clearest view I've ever had of the placement operations. Just practicing it over and over again giving a clear map. Forms an even square just about exact kilometer from each corner. Oriented north here the ship comes in at about 40 degrees from the bottom left

https://twitter.com/mcrs987/status/1977020641715908789

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight

SpaceX Rolls and Stacks Starship 38 for Launch in progress:

https://www.youtube.com/live/0ze8wxTE_5Y

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Elon Musk@elonmusk
Starship flight on Monday ~5pm CT

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1977083667580436859

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TheSpaceEngineer@mcrs987
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Speaking of Offshore Supplier a photographer managed to grab a shot of it as it was repositioning for Starship operations from it's last job. We can finally see what configuration the vessel is in. Supplier was outfitted with an aft crane as well as multiple container workstations. The aft crane confirms it can perform items like buoy deployment operations.
Also if you look real closely you can spot a Starlink dish on top of one of those containers
The winch you see as well as the object hooked up to the crane in this photo is an ROV and it's accompanying umbilical line.
Supplier spent a few hours in Broome before departing for the landing zone, in which some equipment could have been swapped out.

https://twitter.com/mcrs987/status/1977090000312299884

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SpaceX@SpaceX
Starship moved to the pad at Starbase ahead of the eleventh flight test

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977154782168338459

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Full Stack Completed:

Max Evans@_mgde_

Ladies and gents, we have a full stack!

The last with Block 2 variants of Super Heavy and Ship on Pad 1...feels special, this one.

Booster 15-2 and Ship 38 are ready for a night under the stars.

https://x.com/_mgde_/status/1977183087143666123

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SpaceX@SpaceX
Starship stacked for flight. This is planned to be the final launch from Pad 1 at Starbase in its current configuration

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977437926041825737

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
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Starship Flight 11 Launch Preview.

Starship Flight 11: End of an era, but the beginning of a new one
written by Ryan Weber October 12, 2025

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977473920275214671

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One More Block 2 - Countdown to Launch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1c13m__Urk

Streamed live Oct 12, 2025
The second "Countdown to Launch" show answering all of your questions about the upcoming Starship Flight 11, which will include the final Block 2 launch with Booster 15-2 and Ship 38 as Pad 1 also sees its final launch before it is converted for Block 3.

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T-24 hours

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Maxarick@Maxarick
Missing heat shield tiles on every Block 2 Ship to be stacked, you can see that each ship flew a unique pattern

Photos from Starship Gazer

https://x.com/Maxarick/status/1977405853172220117

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com
@NASASpaceflight
Awesome guests on NSF's Starship Flight 11 stream on Monday:

Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace). Christian Davenport (@wapodavenport). Ashlee Vance (@ashleevance), and Scott Manley(@DJSnM).

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977559147941151151

[Steven Pietrobon]

PDF of updated online press kit with new main image showing the full stack.

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Sunrise at Starbase T-11 hours.

SpaceX Starship Flight 11 - Stakeout Stream will start at 9:15 CT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-H_0gow6Hg

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Ships at the landing zone in the Indian Ocean are getting into position.

TheSpaceEngineer@mcrs987
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Thiima encircling the LZ from about 6 nautical miles (cannot see it here but the LZ is in fact dead center on the circle via cross-checking)

https://twitter.com/mcrs987/status/1977716288794263886

[ChrisC]

As we get into launch day, this is a reminder that the first post of this thread collects all of the useful references and links, including:
- SpaceX live stream on X and the rebroadcast on Youtube
- SpaceX launch page with timelines (and a PDF conversion of it)
- NSF stakeout and launch live streams on Youtube
- NSF Countdown To Launch shows
- NSF member multiviews (if and when they are published)

It also includes a link to the instructions on how to quote from this updates thread into a post on the discussion thread.

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T-8 hours

SpaceX@SpaceX
Sunrise on Starship

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977733468663562742

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Adam Cuker@AdamCuker
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Starship’s 11th flight weather forecast at StarBase, Texas.
I’ll give a 90% favorable weather conditions for today’s flight window.
Yellow showing no wind concerns with wind aloft, blue showing some low clouds possible coming in from the Gulf.

Adam Cuker@AdamCuker
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Temp: mid 80’s°F     
Wind: East around 10 MPH.
Red arrow on the model is showing warm air aloft that would help sounds reverb back to the ground so it will be decently loud.

https://twitter.com/AdamCuker/status/1977768678813732930

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T-6 hours

Pad road closures just took effect

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TheSpaceEngineer@mcrs987
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First buoy placement underway

https://twitter.com/mcrs987/status/1977784711507247285

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
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Starship Flight 11: Under five hours to launch. Booster Transport Stand is leading an SPMT parade back to the production site. Part of the launch site clearing.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977805586306875517

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Chopstick swung out wide.  But unable to catch anymore.

NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
Temba, his arms wide.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977810848841433579

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T-4 hours

Fuel truck in position to support the two copters, keeping the range clear.
Booster transport and SPMT are waiting until the last minute to move past the roadblock.

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T-3.5 hours. All quiet on the range (beach), tank farm has not started up yet.

[Bob Shaw]

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T-3 hours.

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Final Mariner notice issued:

The Flight 11 Broadcast Notice to Mariners for the Gulf of Mexico has been published

[ChrisC]

As we get into launch day, this is a reminder that the first post of this thread collects all of the useful references and links, including:
- SpaceX live stream on X and the rebroadcast on Youtube
- SpaceX launch page with timelines (and a PDF conversion of it)
- NSF stakeout and launch live streams on Youtube
- NSF Countdown To Launch shows
- NSF member multiviews (if and when they are published)

It also includes a link to the instructions on how to quote from this updates thread into a post on the discussion thread.

Update: NSF's live multiview streams have been published, and added to the first post of this thread.

Multiviews available to paid members of NSF's Youtube channel:
- general multiview of all NSF cameras: https://youtube.com/watch?v=B6AVVJT0pzE
- BTS ("behind the scenes") multiview incl. control room audio: https://youtube.com/watch?v=raX6zAG7GD8

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Campout live stream ended.  NSF Live Coverage of today's IFT-11 has started.

Commentators and guests.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bcpnn_PO-A&list=WL

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T-2.5 hours

StarbaseTracking
@TrackingTheSB
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The pope vent has begun indicating the tank farm is now spooling up.

https://twitter.com/TrackingTheSB/status/1977838728887292341

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T-2 hours

Pope Stack can be seen

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T-90 min

The tank farm is nearing pre-chill, and now things will start to occur quickly.

Countdown
All Times Approximate

Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway
00:46:10   Ship LOX (LOX) load underway
00:41:15   Booster fuel load underway
00:35:52   Booster LOX load underway
00:19:40   Engine chill on booster and ship
00:03:20   Ship propellant load complete
00:02:50   Booster propellant load complete
00:00:30   SpaceX FD GO for launch
00:00:10   Flame deflector activation
00:00:03   Raptor ignition sequence begins
00:00:00   Excitement guaranteed

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Quick one picture of all the hazard zones

https://twitter.com/Dillonshrop06/status/1977742974374048105

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T-1 hour 15 minutes - Here we goooo.  Once the LD gives the go for propellant load, there's no chance for a major delay beyond 20 minutes at the T-40 second mark.

Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load

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Please note that this thread is designated for updates from the NSF staff.

All comments should be posted in the discussion thread. Once the mission has been completed and I have had the opportunity to review all major events, supplementing them with additional images and videos provided by SpaceX and NSF, I will reopen the thread for general updates. Congratulations should be directed to the discussion thread.

I will be posting directly from the NSF livestream and not SpaceX until NSF ground coverage is needed. If you want to view this from SpaceX's perspective, please check their website that I linked below.

I appreciate your support.

I am also a caregiver for my wife and may need to step aside briefly and resume later.


SpaceX Livestream:
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mrGmBjyEZgJy

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LD has placed a HOLD in the countdown. We don't know the reason, but if you need to HOLD, this is the right time because at 53 minutes, the initial fueling begins, and once it starts, you're committed. There is a 75-minute window to hold at this point, with less than 20 minutes of hold available at T-40 seconds.

Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway

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The HOLD can be for many reasons: Range Violation, Weather, Landing Zone Range issue, FAA, etc

The weather is 80% go. No major wind shear noted.

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HOLD has been released

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Propellant should be flowing now

Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway

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Ship LOX (LOX) load has started.

Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway
00:46:10   Ship LOX (LOX) load underway

[ChrisC]

Per Alex in NSF's live coverage a few minutes ago, the new T-0 is 6:23:41pm CT.  No confirmation from SpaceX yet.

EDIT thanks GPSST!  SpaceX hadn't tweeted it, but thanks for the reminder of where to look.  I also see that the Next Spaceflight website / app has been updated.

[Galactic Penguin SST]

Per Alex in NSF's live coverage a few minutes ago, the new T-0 is 6:23:41pm CT (I believe I copied that right).  No confirmation from SpaceX yet.

The time comes directly from SpaceX's mission page countdown clock - we uses web page scraping to get the exact T-0 value.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11

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Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway
00:46:10   Ship LOX (LOX) load underway
00:41:15   Booster fuel load underway

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Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway
00:46:10   Ship LOX (LOX) load underway
00:41:15   Booster fuel load underway
00:35:52   Booster LOX load underway

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Next event occurs at:

Hr/Min/Sec   Event

00:19:40   Engine chill on booster and ship

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SpaceX Live Broadcast has started

https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mrGmBjyEZgJy

Those not wishing to view on "X" can view this approved re-broadcast site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfUbb3L4f0g

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Engine chill on the booster and ship

Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway
00:46:10   Ship LOX (LOX) load underway
00:41:15   Booster fuel load underway
00:35:52   Booster LOX load underway
00:19:40   Engine chill on booster and ship

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Elon crashes the live broadcast

https://twitter.com/schneggen2/status/1977883755013341218

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T-10 min

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Launch has been adjusted to 6:23:41 CT

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Fuel loading continues

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Ship propellant load complete.

Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway
00:46:10   Ship LOX (LOX) load underway
00:41:15   Booster fuel load underway
00:35:52   Booster LOX load underway
00:19:40   Engine chill on booster and ship
00:03:20   Ship propellant load complete

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Booster propellant load complete

Hr/Min/Sec   Event
01:15:00   FD poll - GO for propellant load
00:53:00   Ship fuel (CH4) load underway
00:46:10   Ship LOX (LOX) load underway
00:41:15   Booster fuel load underway
00:35:52   Booster LOX load underway
00:19:40   Engine chill on booster and ship
00:03:20   Ship propellant load complete
00:02:50   Booster propellant load complete

https://twitter.com/DJSnM/status/1977877764175704315

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SpaceX FD GO for launch

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Launch

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977878290489643190

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977878172038312135

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MAX-Q

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HOT Staging

SpaceX
@SpaceX
Starship’s Raptor engines ignite during hot-staging separation. Super Heavy is boosting back towards its splashdown site and preparing for its landing burn experiment

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977879026489548943

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Hot Stage Sep

https://twitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1977881957813137886

https://twitter.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1977879488160579849

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Booster Landing

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977880014348759495


https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977880658543341800

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Ship SECO
RVAC shut down
RSL shutdown
Nominal suborbital insertion

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977880830799208511

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Starlink deployments (first couple of them)

SpaceX@SpaceX
Starship has successfully deployed our @Starlink simulators.

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977884820484272524

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Deployment completed and door closed

Jonathan McDowell
@planet4589
Starship reached 192 km apogee; 8 dummy Starlinks deployed onto suborbital trajectory

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1977884739609469292

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I did as much as I can, I still have more to come, but I'm directing my attention to new events.

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
Starship Flight 11: In-space burn complete. Ship 38 entry interface is next up.

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977887806581014660

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977888178406359071

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Landing zone is getting out of the way for touchdown

https://twitter.com/mcrs987/status/1977887178031079624

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Ship starts reentry

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977890304897499511

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Reminder: no posts or comments unless it's from NSG staff, post comments in the discussion thread

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https://twitter.com/SpaceIntel101/status/1977894614397817061

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https://twitter.com/SpaceIntel101/status/1977894928505049235

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SpaceX@SpaceX
Starship is executing a banking maneuver that mimics the final approach it would take while returning to Starbase for a catch on a future mission

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977893017421070424

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977892953419899144

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SpaceX
@SpaceX
Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting eleventh flight test of Starship!

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977895039318864296

NSF - NASASpaceflight.com
@NASASpaceflight
Starship Flight 11: Ship 38 splashdown, successfully completing the last Block 2 mission!

https://twitter.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1977895008540778982

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end of broadcast:

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Thanks for being patient. Posts have been backfilled with all images and videos from NSF and SpaceX.

That concludes my live coverage, and for NSF, have a great evening.

The thread is now open for updates. Please post your comments and congratulations in the discussion thread.

Tony

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NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy@SecDuffyNASA
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Another major step toward landing Americans on the Moon’s south pole.

The progress
@SpaceX
 demonstrated with today's Starship test is critical for our Artemis missions.

While we prepare for Artemis II, every flight strengthens our progress on Artemis III, and beating China back to the Moon! 🚀 🇺🇸

https://twitter.com/SecDuffyNASA/status/1977896098418278606

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https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1977896097205879053


https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1977896097205879053

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Zack Golden
@CSI_Starbase
Time-lapse of the first banking maneuver!!![/quote]

https://twitter.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1977894884033044505

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Jared Isaacman
@rookisaacman
Congrats to the SpaceX team on another big step in the Starship program. Space fans around the world are looking forward to the V3 debut.

https://twitter.com/rookisaacman/status/1977895732511138183

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Launch and Landing Highlight videos (both ends)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTxdLKki53s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdJGy56TYuw

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Complete full rebroadcasts in 4K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYegpMZW2Vw

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Jonathan McDowell
@planet4589
SpaceX webcast data consistent with a Starship orbit of -1 x 192 km,  with uncertainty of about plus or minus 3 km in the perigee value. The  Raptor restart raised perigee to about +52 km (but the vehicle was by  then already well past apogee, at 145 km on the way down

https://x.com/planet4589/status/1977917833825730792

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TheSpaceEngineer@mcrs987

ship attitude time-lapse

https://twitter.com/mcrs987/status/1977923498539368958

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Astronomy Live@astroferg
Here's my 80mm refractor vid of @SpaceX Starship flying south of Florida on IFT-11. The beauty of the sunlit exhaust blew me away! I'll have the full 4K version along with the 11" telescope video later; you can see the silhouette of Starship against its exhaust!

https://twitter.com/astroferg/status/1977911244897104347

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SpaceXSpaceX
Starship's eleventh flight test reached every objective, providing valuable data as we prepare the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy → http://spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977925739979612203

[ChrisC]

Here are the time markers for the guest appearances during NSF's launch stream, now edited into the first post of this thread.

NSF launch stream on Youtube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7bcpnn_PO-A
0h26m - 1h40m: guests Eric Berger, Christian Davenport and Ashlee Vance
3h15m - 4h40m: guest Scott Manley

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NSF BREAKING NEWS

The FINAL Starship Launch from Pad 1: Success + 2 Explosions! - October 13, 2025

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SpaceX@SpaceX
Launch and ascent of Starship's eleventh flight test

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1978172905717453205

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SpaceX@SpaceX

Starship's eleventh flight test reached every objective, providing valuable data as we prepare the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1977925739979612203

[ChrisC]

SpaceX@SpaceX
Starship's eleventh flight test reached every objective, providing valuable data as we prepare the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy

It's worth copying out the new narrative that they pointed to at https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-11 :

On Monday, October 13, 2025, at 6:23 p.m. CT, Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas on its eleventh flight test. This was the final flight of the second-generation Starship and first generation Super Heavy booster, as well as the final launch from the current configuration of Pad 1. Every major objective of the flight test was achieved, providing valuable data as we prepare the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy.

The flight test began with Super Heavy igniting all 33 Raptor engines and ascending over the Gulf. The successful first-stage ascent was followed by a hot-staging maneuver, with Starship’s upper stage igniting its six Raptor engines to continue its flight to space.

Following stage separation, the Super Heavy booster completed its boostback burn to put it on a course to a pre-planned splashdown zone off the coast of Texas using 12 of the 13 planned engines. Under the same angle of attack tested on the previous flight, the booster descended until successfully igniting all 13 planned engines (including one that did not relight during the boostback burn) for the high-thrust portion of the landing burn. The booster successfully executed a unique landing burn planned for use on the next generation booster. Super Heavy hovered above the water before shutting down its engines and splashing down.

After completing a full-duration ascent burn, Starship achieved its planned velocity and trajectory. During flight, Starship successfully deployed eight Starlink simulators and executed the third in-space relight of a Raptor engine, demonstrating a critical capability for future deorbit burns.

Starship re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and was able to gather extensive data on the performance of its heatshield as it was intentionally stressed to test the limits of the vehicle’s capabilities. In the final minutes of flight, Starship performed a dynamic banking maneuver to mimic the trajectory that future missions returning to Starbase will fly. Starship then guided itself using its four flaps to the pre-planned splashdown zone in the Indian Ocean, successfully executing a landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown.

Focus now turns to the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy, with multiple vehicles currently in active build and preparing for tests. This next iteration will be used for the first Starship orbital flights, operational payload missions, propellant transfer, and more as we iterate to a fully and rapidly reusable vehicle with service to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

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Final descent and splashdown of Starship on Flight 11, captured by the SpaceX recovery team in the Indian Ocean

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1978179844656480423

[OneSpeed]

Here are some plots from the Flight Test 11 webcast telemetry.

First is the Starship 38 telemetry, which was again complete except for the ascent altitude from 58.1 to 143km.

Second is a comparison with the FT-10 ascent data. The two are basically identical.

Third is a comparison with the FT-10 descent and landing data, with some annotations of points of interest.

1. Starship performed more crossrange tests, banking starboard slowly to about 15° of bank, and then more rapidly to about 60°. It then gradually reversed the bank to 60° port, before levelling out the bank at 42km altitude.

2. At 39.6km altitude, Starship initiated a rapid bank to ~60° starboard, before initiating a transition to the bellyflop, at 18.8km, with a heading SSW.

3. At 7.9km it yawed briefly to SW, before yawing again to SE for the simulated final approach to the tower.

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight

Post-flight review of the final Starship Block 2 mission, and launch from Pad 1 in its current configuration.

By Ryan Weber (@rweb11742)

Starship Block 2 and Pad 1 end on a high note with Flight 11
written by Ryan Weber October 15, 2025

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1978531909597548651

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SpaceX@SpaceX
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Oct 15
Super Heavy hover

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1978555639115715005

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Here is the BOOM

Jack Beyer
@thejackbeyer
I've been fortunate enough to witness and film a lot of wild things in my time on this planet. Booster 15's final hover and then plunge into the gulf is easily on the short list.
@NASASpaceflight

https://twitter.com/thejackbeyer/status/1978517431447392701

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New NSF F11 recap video

The End of Version 2 and the Dawn of Starship V3 | Starbase Update - October 15, 2025

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SpaceX@SpaceX
33 Raptor engines powering the Super Heavy booster off the pad from Starbase

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1978828673739374965

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NSF - NASASpaceflight.com@NASASpaceflight
Pad 2 is going to be a big upgrade, but massive props to the folks who designed Pad 1's upside-down shower head water deluge system after the first flight to help mitigate the power seen in this video.
7:50 AM · Oct 16, 2025

https://x.com/NASASpaceflight/status/1978835835517636799

[gkcbrktr]

Starship successfully executing a landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1978905901344907726

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Two images and two videos

SpaceX@SpaceX
Super Heavy hot-staging and boostback burn

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1979261047182635135

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SpaceX@SpaceX
Starship ascends to space

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1979271919850618919

[StraumliBlight]

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1979285350167253058

Starship reenters Earth’s atmosphere on Flight 11. Data gathered from this flight will inform future Starship missions that will return to the launch site for catch and reuse

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 this is a Starlink ad, it shows a vantage not yet published by SpaceX

Starlink@Starlink
Starlink-equipped buoys provided real-time video streaming in the Indian Ocean during Starship's eleventh test flight 🛰️🚀

https://twitter.com/Starlink/status/1979594186816098799

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https://twitter.com/SpaceNosey/status/1979585584483242184

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The final infographic updated with Da-Booms

Tony Bela - InfographicTony
@InfographicTony
Version 1.0: Starship Flight 11 post-launch (unofficial) infographic analysis. Bring on Block 3.