Since August 16th, 2024, Starship Tracking has continued to grow, and none of it would be possible without the people behind the scenes. To every team member who has contributed their time, effort, and dedication to this project: thank you. Every update, every improvement, and every milestone has taken work, and the commitment you've shown has helped shape Starship Tracking into what it is today. A project like this is never built by one person alone. It takes a team working together and putting in the effort to bring a vision to life. I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who has been a part of this journey and helped us get to where we are today. As we continue to grow and take on new challenges, I'm excited for what's ahead and what we'll accomplish together. Every team member we have helps the Starship Tracking journey for free so that everyone can simply track what Starship has to offer all in one place. View our team members here: - Ring | Starship Tracking Founder

Booster 24's LOX landing tank took a bit of a detour to get to Megabay 1 for installation just now. The SIXTH Block 3 Super Heavy only has a few more sections left! Track Starbase Here: Join Our Discord Here: 📸@NASASpaceflight | Starbase Live | #Tracking# ⁠#Starship# #Starbase# #SpaceX#

The first Starship to return to its launch site, Ship 40's journey took it across air, space, and sea. Now that it is vertical alongside three other Starships in a Megabay at Starbase, it will provide first-of-its-kind data on a flown Starship heatshield, Raptor engines, avionics, and more.

Booster 23 has entered Highway 4 and is heading to Massey's ahead of cryogenic proof testing. Track Starbase Here: Join Our Discord Here: 📸@NASASpaceflight | Starbase Live | #Tracking# ⁠#Starship# #Starbase# #SpaceX#

The @NASASpaceflight field team is the best! Gage, Jerry, Ceaser, and Dan have worked all day and are still out there tonight to give us this amazing closeup view of Ship 40's journey home. Coverage is still going at

After a journey that took Starship Ship 40 to space and back, and on a approximately 20,000 km (about 12,700 miles) sail half way around the world, teams rolled it back to the Starbase Production Site from the Port of Brownsville overnight, bringing Ship 40's long road back home to an end. @NASASpaceflight homecoming stream:

The Ship horizontal aft frame appears to be getting attached to Ship 40. Will be interesting to see what they do with her now that she's home. | @NASASpaceflight

Starship Ship 40 is vertical again! After a long path of many firsts, Ship 40 was hooked up to the Mega Bay 2 bridge cranes and lifted into a vertical position inside the bay, finally returning to where its journey started all the way back on July 23rd. @NASASpaceflight |

Can't a guy be busy for a day? 5 Raptor 3's heading past at Mcgregor within the space of 24 hours! R3.2x9 Arriving R3.272 Arriving R3.270 Arriving R3.106 Leaving R3.269 Leaving 📷: @NASASpaceflight

This morning, while some of us were still sleeping, SpaceX tried to sneakily install the roof section atop the Starship tower at historic Launch Complex 39A. Fortunately, nothing gets past our awesome team, here at @NASASpaceflight !

Ship 40 is now back inside Megabay 2 and vertical again since its launch! After almost 80 days and over 12,000 nautical miles, this iconic ship has definitely made history in modern spaceflight. 📷@NASASpaceflight | 📹

Starbase This Week (2026-10-11) | Written by @TheCosmicNebu1a A moderately busy week at Starbase after the craziness of Flight 14. Ship 40 returns home, and work continues on Flight 15 vehicles. Welcome to this week’s Starbase this Week. Production Site A heavy week of vehicle construction, starting out with something we missed from last week. That being Booster 24’s A5:4 section which rolled from SFC (Starfactory) to MB1 (Megabay 1) on Friday October 2nd. That was followed by B24’s A6:4 section on Wednesday. Given the mixup with the A5 and A6 sections (we thought A6 rolled when A5 actually did), Booster 24 is roughly on pace to match B23’s construction timeline. B24’s Methane Landing Tank and Lower portion of its transfer tube also rolled from SFC to MB1 on Wednesday. Ship 44’s A2:4 section rolled into MB2 on Monday as well. B24’s full transfer tube was then rolled into MB1 on Thursday. Work also steadily continued on Pad 1’s new OLM (Orbital Launch Mount), SQD (Ship Quick Disconnect) Arm and Flame Deflector in the Sanchez lot. Launch Site A quiet week at the Launch Site, with work continuing on Pad 1, as well as inspections on Pad 2 after Flight 14. Massey’s Heading over to Massey’s, starting out with S39.1 rolling from the production site late on Sunday night. It is currently unclear why S39.1 has rolled back to Massey’s and if it had any changes made during its stay at the Production Site. It is quite likely that it had some modifications, potentially from data gathered from its own testing, or Flight 14, however this is speculation on our part. On Tuesday whilst the Booster Landing Tank test article was undergoing a cryo test, it appeared to burst open near the base, spilling out liquid nitrogen. It is currently unclear if this failure was intentional stress testing, or a mechanical failure of the tank itself. After having all 6 of its engines removed following Flight 14, Ship 42 was placed onto the Ship Cryo Stand on Thursday, and departed the Production Site for Massey’s late Thursday night. It was then cryo tested yet again on Friday and rolled back to the Production Site on Friday night. We are currently unsure as to why S42 had its engines removed or was cryo’d again, but the speculation is that either Flight 14 gave teams a reason to remove/replace the engines, or SpaceX already had plans to replace them. Lastly, the OG Can Crusher was moved back to Massey’s on Thursday. Ship 40 Early on Tuesday morning, Forte loaded with S40 arrived at the Port of Brownsville after its almost two month long journey from Christmas Island! Forte was then docked and preparations for offloading began. SPMTs were placed underneath the support blocks on Forte’s deck and S40 was carefully maneuvered off on Saturday afternoon. Teams then began securing S40 ahead of its roll from the Port to the Production Site. S40 was surrounded by an entourage of vehicles as it began the final stretch of its journey home late Saturday night. It wheeled past Massey’s where it was once cryo tested and static fired, and a large crowd gathered to welcome it back to the very same place it once started life. S40 safely arrived at the Production Site in the small hours of Sunday morning. Welcome home S40! It is unclear what SpaceX has in store for Ship 40 at this stage, many of us here at SST believe it should be proudly displayed alongside Booster 12, however knowing SpaceX, it is also quite likely that it is inspected and then disassembled. Other A new CADENA Flight Advisory was posted on Thursday, updating the NET Date of Flight 15 from Starbase Texas to November 8th 2026, and Flight 16 (or Starlink 30-1) from LC-39A to December 10th 2026. In an interview on Saturday, Elon Musk provided some updates on Flight 14, specifically that the early RVac shutdown was due to a ‘software issue’. Elon characterized the issue as a ‘software glitch’ that on review, would not stop Ship from heading into orbit. He also noted that the ‘heat shield was robust’. Elon went on to say that Flight 15 should launch ‘hopefully in 4-6 weeks’ and that ‘a big milestone coming up… to catch the Ship… marking the first full recovery of an orbital class rocket’. This seems to indicate that SpaceX are going for both a Booster catch as well as a Ship catch for Flight 15. Lots of work is needed to meet that date, including re-installing all engines on Ship (and potentially booster) as well as another round of Launch License modifications to suit. YTML (You’ll Thank Me Later) also departed from the Port of Brownsville on Friday. What do you think SpaceX has planned for S40? Do you think that Flight 15 will hit the NET Date of November 8th? Certainly an exciting last few months of 2026 to look forward to! That’s all for this week’s Starbase this Week. For real-time updates, join us in the Discord: To explore our maps yourself and track every movement, check out our Figma, now at both Starbase and Cape Canaveral: Starbase: Cape Canaveral: #SpaceX# #Starbase# #Starship#