SpaceX moved Super Heavy Booster 22 to the launch pad at Starbase in South Texas on Nov. 10, preparing for Starship Flight 15 scheduled to launch Nov. 13. The booster underwent a "suspended squeeze test at catch height" using the launch tower's mechanical arms before flight.
Flight 15 will attempt to catch both the booster and the Starship upper stage with the tower's "chopstick" arms. SpaceX has never tried catching both stages on the same flight. The company has successfully caught Super Heavy three times but has never attempted to catch Ship.
Booster 22 is powered by 33 Raptor engines. During the test flight, Ship will deploy 26 Starlink V3 spacecraft into low Earth orbit and complete 14 circuits of Earth before returning to Starbase for capture approximately 22 hours after launch. Super Heavy will return for its catch about 6.5 minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX plans to recover both stages on all operational Starship missions to increase launch frequency. Elon Musk has stated the company is targeting 10,000 Starship flights per year by 2030. The launch window opens at 5:45 p.m. EST on Nov. 13 and runs for 75 minutes.