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Mike Wall

What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 11 launch today?

SpaceX lifts the Starship Flight 11 Super Heavy booster atop the orbital launch mount at its Starbase site in South Texas. SpaceX posted this photo on X on Oct. 8, 2025.

Update for 8:42p.m. ET: SpaceX successfully launched its Starship Flight 11 rocket into space, with its Super Heavy booster making a planned - and controlled - splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The Ship 38 upper stage then successfully splashed down in Indian Ocean one hour and 6 minutes after liftoff after completing a Starlink payload deployment demonstration, engine relight test and "dynamic banking" manuever during landing. Read our Starship Flight 11 launch wrap story top see launch photos and video.

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