SpaceX rolled the upper stage of its Starship megarocket out to the pad this morning (Jan. 9) ahead of its planned Jan. 13 test flight.

SpaceX’s most ambitious Starship flight yet will see reused hardware, the deployment of 10 fake satellites and another attempt to catch the booster with “chopsticks”

SpaceX crews are preparing for the 7th test launch of its Starship mega rocket. The world’s biggest rocket could launch again from SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas at 5 p.m. on Monday. SpaceX said Starship 7 is a “new generation” of its spacecraft that will test significant upgrades.

The South Texas commercial space company has two objectives with this flight: landing its booster and demonstrating its ability to carry payloads.

SpaceX aims to launch Starship Flight 7 on Monday (Jan. 13), an ambitious test that will feature an attempted launch-tower catch of the first-stage booster.

This will be the seventh full-scale test flight of SpaceX's Super Heavy booster and Starship spacecraft and the first of 2025. In the coming days, SpaceX technicians will lift the ship on top of the Super Heavy booster already emplaced on the launch mount.

SpaceX has announced the target date for the seventh test of its Starship megarocket in what promises to be another spectacular flight.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox