Astro Radar
Time to be confirmed · SpaceX
Starlink 31-2
Official name: Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15)
Starship · Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Liftoff in 16 h 17 min, time to be confirmed
- Liftoff
- Fri, Nov 13 · 4:45 PM CST at the pad
- Status
- Time to be confirmed
- Vehicle
- Starship
- Pad
- Orbital Launch Pad 2
- Location
- SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- Orbit
- Low Earth
- Mission type
- Communications
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Mission page
- Official mission page
The mission
Starship is set to launch Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15) for SpaceX from Orbital Launch Pad 2 in SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA, Fri, Nov 13 · 10:45 PM UTC, a time still to be confirmed. Target orbit: Low Earth. Mission type: Communications. The first stage is booster Booster 22, on its 1st flight. It is SpaceX's 746th launch.
15th test flight of the two stage Starship launch vehicle and 4th flight of Starship V3. Second Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of Starlink satellites known as Starlink Group 31 2) into stable Low Earth Orbit and first ever to attempt returning the Starship 2nd stage back to the launch site.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
See it on the radar: the countdown, the flight path and where to look from your ZIP code.
Can I see it?
Set your ZIP code on the radar to see how far you are from the pad.
Liftoff is in daylight at the pad. In daylight a rocket shows only as a white exhaust trail, which people usually see from within about 124 mi (200 km).
It should head east from the pad. We guess the heading from the target orbit, so the real path can differ.
Whether you can see it depends on where you are, the weather and the exact time. Open it on Astro Radar with your ZIP code for a modeled estimate of where to look, worked out for every second of the flight. It is an estimate, not a promise.
Watch it with friends
Send Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15) · Starship to a group chat on Astro, or make it a plan: Astro opens a new plan called Watch Starlink Group 31-2 (Starship Flight 15) · Starship with the day and time filled in, for a group or a friend. The time is still to be confirmed, so check it again before the day.
Astro asks you to sign in first, then brings you back to this launch. It gets only the launch's name, time and link, and only when you press the button. Astro is for people 18 and older.
From Launch Library 2, as of Nov 13, 6:26 AM UTC. Times and status can change; the radar has the latest.