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What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 launch test on Oct. 13 (and how to watch online)?

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SpaceX's Starship Flight 5 is now officially scheduled to launch on Sunday, Oct. 13 , at 8 a.m. EDT ( 1200 GMT ) from the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas .

You'll be able to watch the launch live on Space.com , courtesy of a SpaceX simulcast, beginning at 7:25 am . ET ( 1125 GMT) You can also watch the live stream of the launch on SpaceX 's official Twitter account, starting about 35 minutes before liftoff.

Several SpaceX-watching sites with cameras at Starbase will host livestreams in the hours ahead of the launch.

If SpaceX replicates its Flight 4 profile for Starship Flight 5, the mission should last just over an hour .

Flight 5 will launch the Starship vehicle on a trajectory that will carry it into space and reenter over the Indian Ocean .

Road and beach closures at Boca Chica Beach , Texas , for launch day on Oct. 13 , with "possible closures" for Oct. 14 and Oct. 15 .

If SpaceX is unable to launch Starship Flight 5 on Sunday , the company may be able to try again 24 hours later.

Any backup launch attempt does depend on how far SpaceX reaches in its fueling process.

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