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List of Starship launches

List of Starship launches is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Starship launches rather than just read about it. In short: As of July 24, 2026, the SpaceX Starship has been launched 13 times, with 8 successes and 5 failures. SpaceX has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using economies of scale.

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Reference excerpt

As of July 24, 2026, the SpaceX Starship has been launched 13 times, with 8 successes and 5 failures. SpaceX has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using economies of scale. 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. 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 Starship second stage (ship). There are four versions of the Starship vehicle: Block 1, which is retired, Block 2,, which first flew in Starship flight test 7 and was retired after Starship flight test 11, Block 3, which first flew in Starship flight test 12, and Block 4, currently in development. As of July 24, 2026, 6 Block 1 vehicles, 5 Block 2 vehicles, and 2 Block 3 vehicles have flown. 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. This capability was first demonstrated during Starship's fifth flight test, using a Block 1 booster.

Launch statistics As of 24 July 2026

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. This did not occur. Starship was launched five times in 2025.

2026

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

2028 and beyond

See also List of Starship upper stage flight tests List of Starship vehicles List of Super Heavy boosters List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches List of New Glenn launches List of Space Launch System launches

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Example 1 — a first encounter with List of Starship launches

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what List of Starship launches claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of Starship launches ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of Starship launches

In research: List of Starship launches appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses List of Starship launches in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: List of Starship launches is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Lists of rocket launches, SpaceX Starship, SpaceX Starship test flights, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for List of Starship launches outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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