SpaceX is preparing for its sixth Starship test flight this week after its launch was rescheduled.
The launch, originally planned for Monday, will occur Tuesday at 4 p.m. local time from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas, within a 30-minute launch window.
SpaceX announced the launch date in a post to X, sharing images of the Starship's two elements -- the Starship upper-stage spacecraft and the Super Heavy booster -- stacked at the orbital launch mount.
The previous five Starship test flights were carried out in March, June, and October 2024, and in April and November 2023.
The launch is scheduled for 4 p.m. Texas time tomorrow, on November 19.
"The sixth flight test of Starship is targeted to launch Tuesday, November 19. The 30-minute launch window will open at 4:00 p.m. CT," SpaceX explained on its website. "As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change."
You can watch a live webcast of the flight test on the SpaceX website or their X page, @SpaceX, from 30 minutes before the launch window opens at 4 p.m. local time.
Starship is a fully reusable two-stage system comprising the Starship spacecraft (the upper stage) and the Super Heavy rocket (the booster stage). When fully stacked with the Super Heavy booster, the Starship towers some 397 feet above the ground.
Starship was selected by NASA as the lunar lander for the Artemis III mission, aiming to return humans to the moon. SpaceX plans to use Starship for uncrewed and eventually crewed missions to Mars in the 2030s.
"SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket - collectively referred to as Starship - represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond," SpaceX states on its website. "Starship is the world's most powerful launch vehicle ever developed, capable of carrying up to 150 metric tonnes fully reusable and 250 metric tonnes expendable."
During the fifth test flight last month, the Super Heavy booster was successfully caught by the "chopstick" arms of the launch and catch tower at Starbase on the first attempt. The sixth flight hopes to replicate this success, as well as testing several other capabilities.
"Objectives include the booster once again returning to the launch site for catch, reigniting a ship Raptor engine while in space, and testing a suite of heatshield experiments and maneuvering changes for ship reentry and descent over the Indian Ocean," SpaceX said.