"Elon Musk has confirmed that Starship will fly again next month, reiterating SpaceX's aggressive timeline for the first launch of its Starship V3 rocket. Musk shared the update in a brief post on X, writing, "Starship flies again next month." The CEO's post was accompanied by a video of Starship's Super Heavy booster being successfully caught by a launch tower in Starbase, Texas. The timeline is notable."
"In late January, Musk stated that Starship's next flight, Flight 12, was expected in about six weeks. This placed the expected mission date sometime in March. That estimate aligned with SpaceX's earlier statement that Starship's 12th flight test "remains targeted for the first quarter of 2026." If the vehicle does indeed fly next month, it would mark the debut of Starship V3, the upgraded platform expected to feature the rocket's new Raptor V3 engines."
Elon Musk confirmed that Starship will fly again next month, accompanied by a video showing the Super Heavy booster being caught by a launch tower at Starbase, Texas. The timeline follows his late-January estimate that Flight 12 would occur in about six weeks and aligns with SpaceX's target for the 12th flight test in the first quarter of 2026. The anticipated launch would debut Starship V3 and its new Raptor V3 engines, which promise higher thrust, lower cost, and reduced weight. Starship V3 is optimized for manufacturability to enable scaled operations for Starlink, lunar missions under Artemis, and future Mars objectives.
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