Launch Starship 12 – V3 / Ship 39
May 15
Launch window 17:30-19:43 CDT | 12:30-14:43 HST | UTC 22:30 May 15 – 00:43 May 16 for 12th flight overall of 2-stage Starship vehicle and 1st of bigger / more-powerful Version 3 / V3, with higher thrust utilizing new Raptor 3 engines. Launch date subject to final final vehicle testing, site readiness (including the new Pad 2 tower and launch mount), and regulatory approval.
Vehicle testing includes static fire with all 33 Raptor engines, 10 of which were static-fire tested March 16, first-ever static fire of a V3.
V3 is 124.4 meters tall and can take 200,000 kg to LEO compared with 70,000 kg that V2 could.
V3 needs to successfully reach Earth orbit and demonstrate orbital fueling before it can journey to the Moon.
