Finally, the day has arrived. SpaceX is conducting Flight 7 Starship 7 at Starbase Texas. You can watch the live stream of the historic event below.
We are posting live updates as major events happen from liftoff to Starlink simulator deployments space and possible landing catch of the Flight 7 Super Heavy Booster 14.
Watch Starship Flight 7 Live Stream (Official stream on X)
Live Stream (YouTube)
Flight Test Events (Archived Live Updates)
- Flight 7 Starship is fully stacked on Starbase launch pad A (OLM) at Starbase, Texas
- T- 2 mins remaining in IFT-7 launch
- There are no apparent issues hindering the launch
- Successful liftoff
- 33 out of 33 Booster 14 engines ignited
- Most engines cut off
- Hot-stage confirmed
- Hot-stage ring jettisoned
- The landing catch of Booster 14 is still positive
- T+ 5 mins into the flight have been completed
- Starship upper stage trajectory is nominal
- Flight 7 booster is on its path back to Earth
- Successful landing catch of the Flight 7 booster confirmed (~T+ 7 minutes)
- Communications lost with the upper stage Flight 7 Starship (Ship 33)
- T+ 14 mins into the flight, still no communications with the ship
- Ship 33 was the first 2nd generation Starship V2 (no communcations at T+ 16 mins)
- SpaceX is trying to confirm the reason for Starship’s communication loss
- SpaceX confirms that they have lost the upper stage Flight 7 Starship (Ship 33)
- The loss of Ship 33 is still going to give SpaceX data to improve future flights
- SpaceX wraps up the live webcast of Starship Flight 7 from Starbase, Texas
Related SpaceX / Starship News
- Landing catch of Starship in Flight 14 gets environmental clearance from the FAA
- FCC filing reveals Starship Flight 14 launch on September 15, SpaceX conducts 33-engine static fire on Booster 21
- Starship 40 begins its journey from the Indian Ocean back home to Starbase, Texas
- After Starship’s 60-second 6-engine static fire, SpaceX rolls out Flight 14 Booster 21 for pre-launch testing
- Flight 13 Starship (S40) completes one month in the Indian Ocean, watch the latest recovery efforts by SpaceX
- Starship Flight 14: SpaceX performs a single-engine static fire test on Ship 41, Starbase updates (videos)
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