SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket today (Jan. 15), and you can watch the action live. The 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship is scheduled to lift off from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas today at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT; 4 p.m. local Texas time).

Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh orbital flight test of Starship, the colossal prototype rocket the company hopes will help humans colonize Mars.

SpaceX is gearing up for the seventh test flight of its mammoth Starship rocket today. The launch is set for 5pm EST (3:30am IST, January 16) from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas. The event will be live streamed on both SpaceX's website and the company's official X account.

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SpaceX is preparing for Starship's seventh flight test Monday afternoon from Starbase in Boca Chica near Brownsville. See the full launch schedule.

Starship's seventh flight test is targeted to launch Wednesday, January 15, with a 60-minute launch window opening at 4 p.m. CT. The Starbase team is keeping a close eye on weather conditions → https://t.co/QNCSPTewLA pic.twitter.com/gQrBBJbcEf — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 14, 2025

The 123-metre-tall rocket, which Elon Musk hopes to use to colonise Mars, is scheduled to lift off from the company’s Starbase facility in Texas at 4pm local time (10pm GMT), with Starship featuring several major upgrades for its seventh flight test.

Starship is set for liftoff as early as Friday, January 10, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on X in late December. The past few launches have been a treat, and SpaceX is ready to take it up a notch for lucky number seven.