"As per the company, "the Starbase team plans to have the next Super Heavy booster stacked in December, which puts it on pace with the test schedule planned for the first Starship V3 vehicle and associated ground systems." SpaceX then announced that Starship V3's maiden flight is still expected to happen early next year. "Starship's twelfth flight test remains targeted for the first quarter of 2026," the company wrote in its post on X."
"Elon Musk mentioned a similar timeline on X earlier this year. In the lead up to Starshp Flight 11, which proved flawless, Musk stated that "Starship V3 is a massive upgrade from the current V2 and should be through production and testing by end of year, with heavy flight activity next year." Musk has also mentioned that Starship V3 should be good enough to use for initial Mars missions."
SpaceX plans to keep Starship V3 on a rapid development path with the next Super Heavy booster stacked in December to align with test schedules and ground systems. The company targets Starship's twelfth flight test in the first quarter of 2026 and expects V3's maiden flight early next year. Elon Musk described V3 as a major upgrade over V2, projecting production and testing completion by year-end and heavy flight activity thereafter, and suggested V3 could support initial Mars missions. Booster 18 experienced a major anomaly during gas system pressure testing, but the overall schedule remains intact.
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