SpaceX has scheduled Monday, January 13, for the seventh launch test flight of the Starship megarocket from its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The launch window will open at 4:00pm local time (3:30am IST) with a live webcast beginning about 35 minutes before lift-off on SpaceX's website and X account.

SpaceX is also flying rudimentary catch fittings on Starship to test their thermal performance on reentry. The ship will fly a more demanding trajectory during descent to probe the structural limits of the redesigned flaps at the point of maximum entry dynamic pressure, according to SpaceX.