Flight report · October 13, 2025
Flight 11: V2 era closes on Pad 1
October 13, 2025 wrapped second-generation Starship and first-generation Super Heavy flying from the Pad 1 configuration of the time. The flight covered deploy, relight, stressed entry, and a banking demo for future Starbase returns.
Starship V2 · Orbital Launch Pad 1 · Flight 11 of 14
Outcome
V2 closeout success
- Ship
- Ship 38Success
- Expended · Expended after flight
- Booster
- Booster 15Success
- Expended · Expended after flight
Key figures
- Liftoff
- 6:23 p.m. CT · Oct 13
- Pad
- Orbital Launch Pad 1
- Payload
- 8 Starlink simulators
- Era
- Final V2 / Pad 1 config
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The flight
What happened
Flight 11 lifted off at 6:23 p.m. CT on October 13, 2025 as the final flight of second-generation Starship and first-generation Super Heavy from Pad 1’s then-current setup.
Every major objective landed: ascent, hot-staging, booster splashdown profile, simulator deploy, in-space relight, and a data-rich reentry.
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Deploy, relight, banking
Eight Starlink simulators deployed successfully, followed by the third in-space Raptor relight on the program.
Late in flight, Starship flew a dynamic banking maneuver to mimic trajectories future vehicles will use when returning all the way to Starbase instead of the Indian Ocean.
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Handoff to V3
With the V2 integrated playbook proven, attention shifted to next-generation vehicles, Raptor 3, and Pad 2. That hardware would debut on Flight 12.