Starship launch cadence per Elon Musk
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1927531406017601915
"Launch cadence for next 3 flights will be faster, at approximately 1 every 3 to 4 weeks."
28 May 2025 shortly after flight 9 on 27th May 2025.
So how long for 3 launch attempts?
Time from test flight 9 time.
Launch attempts after flight 9 count.
Scrubbed or cancelled launch attempts do not count.
Static fires and wet dress rehearsals do not count as a launch attempt.
An explosion after fuel loading starts where all the notifications etc are published and it is being covered as a launch attempt does count.
If the time is really tight I will attempt to find time to the second or more accurately if that is easily available.
All markets are separate so can be resolved as each date passes. (Perhaps even a few days or a week before where situation is very clear.) Consequently options may not add up to 100 and you may be able to profit from selling or buying all options.
Update 2025-07-19 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator has stated their intention to proceed with an early resolution for some market options.
An official FCC filing indicates that the 2nd and 3rd required launches for this market will not occur before September 1, 2025.
Based on this evidence, the creator considers the outcomes for options with end dates before early September to be impossible, and will resolve them accordingly.
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Tightest timeline that I think might be possible for purposes of deciding what can be resolved:
Flight 10 planned for 24 Aug
Week to convert pad back to SF format for ship 38 SF
2 Week from SF to launch flight 11 for ship and pad conversion during this time.
This takes us to mid Sep 2025 to complete flight 11.
Pad 2 looks months away from completion, as is B18, but maybe they could fly ship 39 on a v2 booster with a crossover HSR. so don't need pad 2 or B18 but do need ship 39, which has started some stacking.
Stacking to launch for a new version ship could take 5 months+. Getting this down to 3 months perhaps shouldn't be ruled out? But even if this period is surprisingly short, after flight 11 (mid September or later) they need to adjust pad for v3 ship launch and they still need to have pressure and cryo test v3 ship 39 and SF ship 39. It isn't clear when Masseys will be ready to do such testing and the launch pad might need modifications, and also there is booster 17 testing to do and pad is quite busy during a fast run to flight 11. So it is hard to see when testing of Ship 39 could be quickly done at pad so probably have to rely of Masseys being ready for ship testing. Pressure and Cryo test of ship 39 at Masseys by mid Sept seems ludicrously fast for ship 39 to be ready for this. Then 2 weeks to do a static fire and 2 weeks to a launch would also be crazy fast.
So planning to resolve to 14 Oct 2025 as no unless there are objections.
Ship 37 probably near ready for static fire
Ship 38 probably ready for cryo pressure testing
Ship 39 (v3) stacking not started.
Ships 40-42 further from ready based on pics of nosecones.
While expectation seems to be that ship 39 won't launch until near end of year at earliest, with 3 v2 boosters might they build another v2 ship and what is minimum time for this?
Can / should I resolve some of the early dates based on around a month from cryotest to launch and maybe ~about? another month as a minimum estimate for stack and build work? Or is it too uncertain about how quickly they will be able to go once they can static fire on pad A?
I am tending to assume Musks 2 to 3 week for a ship is a total rate from 6 stations in Megabays so it could well be a 3-5 months for stack and build work. But I am not sure and maybe less than 3 months is possible.
@Mqrius I think I promised early resolution where it is very clear with saying "(Perhaps even a few days or a week before where situation is very clear.)"
Now that we have
https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&application_seq=144398&RequestTimeout=1000
from 14th July saying they are not planning flight 11, let alone flight 12, until 1 September 2025 at the earliest I think it is very clear for the first 4 options to 2 September. So I think I should resolve those.
Any objections to this?
Yes you can buy no across the board (I have already done some of that) but what should the distribution look like?
@ChristopherRandles It shouldn't be a distribution but a series like "11 weeks or less", "12 weeks or less", "13 weeks or less" etc. Like this for instance: https://manifold.markets/OlegEterevsky/when-will-starship-flight-10-happen
@MaxA That could well make sense, particularly if people prefer that. If others want to give opinion, let me know by commenting.
Too late to change this market now but may as well ask what people prefer.