SpaceX Prepares Starship Flight 15 Attempting Historic Dual Stage Rocket Recovery

SpaceX is preparing to launch its 15th Starship test flight on Friday, Nov. 13, aiming for a historic double recovery of both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage using launch tower arms at Starbase, Texas. During the planned 22-hour mission spanning 14 orbits, Starship is scheduled to deploy 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites, each offering one terabit of data transmission capacity, before attempting reentry. SpaceX recently reported $14.6 billion in total quarterly revenue, including $1.8 billion from commercial launch services, with analysts citing the test as a major potential catalyst.