# Starship | SpaceX HLS LEO Demo: launch

> Starship by SpaceX from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Scheduled: NET Jun 2027.

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- Data as of: 2026-11-12 02:00 UTC (last Launch Library 2 sync)
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## Facts

- Launch: Starship | SpaceX HLS LEO Demo
- Mission: SpaceX HLS LEO Demo
- Provider: SpaceX
- Rocket: Starship
- Pad: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Country of the launch site: USA
- Date (UTC): NET Jun 2027 (2027-06-30T00:00:00.000Z)
- Status: tbd (Launch Library 2: TBD)
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: The Starship HLS pathfinder spacecraft in support of NASA's Artemis III mission in Low Earth Orbit will be a Version 3 vehicle equipped with a docking mechanism, but with no crew cabin or environmental control systems on board. This Starship HLS will launch after the Artemis III Orion has launched into LEO aboard SLS, and has completed its demonstrations with Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander. Once docked, Orion and Starship will spend about a day connected for checkouts and testing.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

## Sources

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- [Mission information (link from Launch Library 2)](https://www.spacelaunchnow.me/launch/starship-spacex-hls-leo-demo)

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