SpaceX has announced that its 13th test flight of the Starship is planned to commence as early as July 16 local time, with a 90-minute launch window. Approximately 30 minutes before the launch, SpaceX will provide a live broadcast on its official website and the X platform @SpaceX. The launch time may be adjusted based on actual conditions. This test flight will continue the primary objectives of the previous mission and will, for the first time, carry the next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. SpaceX has also released the latest episode of Critical Path, a video documenting the pre-launch preparations for the Starship V3. During the test flight, the Super Heavy booster will undergo tests including launch, ascent, stage separation, return ignition, and nearshore landing ignition. In response to the stage separation timing deviation and abnormal secondary ignition of some engines observed in the previous test flight, SpaceX has made improvements to the hardware, software, and engine logic. The Starship upper stage will, for the first time, deploy 20 Starlink V3 satellites and complete tasks such as restarting the Raptor engines in space and performing a controlled re-entry splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The propulsion system has also been optimized in response to the engine failures experienced in the previous test flight. The Starlink V3 satellites carried on this mission aim to enhance network capacity and speed, with six of them specially modified to capture images of the Starship's heat shield. Some of the Starship's heat shield tiles have been painted white to simulate missing tiles. Additionally, the test flight will evaluate several upgrades to the thermal protection system, including a new heat shield tile installation scheme, improved heat shield tiles and their attachment mechanisms, as well as heat shield tiles equipped with load sensors. During the ascent phase, the Starship will endure higher aerodynamic pressures, accumulating data to enhance its orbital payload capacity.