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Starship Flight 12

Starship V3 (Block 3)
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The debut of Starship V3 and the Raptor 3 engine, flying suborbital from the new Pad 2.

UTC · Zulu 00:00 FRI 31 JUL
Boca Chica 19:00 THU 30 JUL · CT
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Window 90 min Suborbital, near-orbital velocity
Pad Pad 2 (OLM-B) · Starbase Suborbital
Mission objectives
  • › Debut Starship V3 and the Raptor 3 engine in flight
  • › First launch from Pad 2 (OLM-B)
  • › Deploy 22 Starlink mass simulators in space
  • › In-space Raptor relight demonstration
  • › Test the V3 heat shield through reentry
  • › Booster boostback and controlled Gulf splashdown
Live updates
Launch Library + curated
  1. 13 JUN, 14:27 UTC Latest

    NET July.

    Launch Library
  2. 09 JAN, 09:59 UTC

    Adding launch

    Launch Library

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Launch weather · Boca Chica Evaluated across the launch window
Updated 05 Jul, 14:06 UTC
0 watch items

Forecast flags: .

Surface wind

0/0 mph

Within limits
Precipitation

0%

Low chance
Cloud cover

0%

Acceptable
Wind at 250 hPa

n/a

Nominal shear
Hourly · Boca Chica time

Indicative read from Open-Meteo. Not the official launch commit criteria or the weather officer's go/no-go call. The launch window is highlighted.

Source Open-Meteo
Launch opportunities 90 min window · Suborbital, near-orbital velocity

No closure windows posted yet.

Each day shows the City of Starbase road and beach closure window, the real constraint on when a launch can happen. SpaceX posts closures a few days ahead, so the contingency days grow as the date approaches.

Source City of Starbase closures
Flight profile Planned timeline · 12 events
Launch Booster Ship Payload
  1. Liftoff T+00:00
    33 Raptor 3 ignite, liftoff from Pad 2
  2. Max Q T+00:45
    Peak aerodynamic pressure on the stack
  3. MECO T+02:22
    Most booster engines shut down
  4. Hot-stage separation T+02:24
    Ship ignites and separates from the booster
  5. Boostback burn T+02:33
    Booster steers back toward the Gulf
  6. Booster landing burn T+06:34
    Booster relights for a soft splashdown
  7. Booster splashdown T+06:59
    Super Heavy splashes down in the Gulf of Mexico
  8. SECO T+08:11
    Ship engine cutoff, coast phase begins
  9. Starlink deploy T+17:37
    22 Starlink mass simulators released
  10. Raptor relight T+38:37
    In-space engine relight demonstration
  11. Reentry T+47:47
    Ship begins atmospheric reentry
  12. Ship splashdown T+1:05:06
    Landing burn and Indian Ocean splashdown

Curated from SpaceX flight material. Timings are planned targets and shift with the countdown.

Schedule history How the NET has moved
  1. TUE 19 MAY
    Initial target
  2. WED 20 MAY
    Slipped for additional preflight checks
  3. THU 21 MAY Current NET
    Current NET
Source Curated · Launch Library
Booster B19
Super Heavy V3
Engines
33x Raptor 3
Height
72.3 m
Propellant
~4,000 t
Flight
First flight

Replaced B18, lost in a November 2025 cryo-test implosion. Boostback and Gulf splashdown, no tower catch.

Ship S39
Starship V3
Engines
9x Raptor 3
Height
~61 m
Payload bay
Starlink V3
Flight
First flight

First V3 upper stage. Carries 22 Starlink mass simulators, an in-space relight, and a redesigned heat shield.