That won't happen now, and it's anyone's guess when SpaceX will have another Starship ready to fly. In 2020 and 2021, SpaceX lost several Starship prototypes to problems during ground and flight testing. SpaceX has now launched nine full-scale Starship rockets since April 2023, and before the explosion the company hoped to launch the 10th test flight later this month. Ambition Meets RealitySpaceX debuted an upgraded Starship design, called Version 2 or Block 2, on a test flight in January. The new Starship design is slightly taller than the version of Starship that SpaceX flew in 2023 and 2024.