SpaceX's Starship Test Flight 15 lifted off from Starbase, Texas on 13 November 2026, but the company failed to catch the booster, which was diverted to an offshore splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico and exploded — though the flight still released 26 more Starlink v3 satellites, adding to a constellation of over 11,000. SpaceX plans to attempt its first-ever catch of the Starship upper stage from orbit on 14 November, after 14 Earth orbits, using the "chopsticks" arms on its launch tower.