Earth orbit
Starship Flight 12
After the successful flights 10 and 11 saw the last iterations of the so-called block or version 2 of the booster as well as the ship, Booster 18 was destroyed during testing so Starship Flight 12 is using Booster 19 and Ship 39, the first vehicles of block or version 3. Version 3 is capable of orbital flights and prepared to start testing refueling in space and several other capabilities.
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
View in 3D map ↗The mission
After the successful flights 10 and 11 saw the last iterations of the so-called block or version 2 of the booster as well as the ship, Booster 18 was destroyed during testing so Starship Flight 12 is using Booster 19 and Ship 39, the first vehicles of block or version 3. Version 3 is capable of orbital flights and prepared to start testing refueling in space and several other capabilities.
The launch
- Launch
- May 22
- Launch location
- Orbital Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase
- Launch vehicle
- Starship
- Orbit
- Earth orbit
Launch intelligence
A SpaceX Starship rocket launched the Starship Flight 12 mission on Friday, May 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Starship
- COSPAR launch ID
- Not assigned
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- May 22, 2026, 22:30 UTC
- Target T-0
- May 22, 2026, 22:30 UTC
- Window closes
- May 23, 2026, 00:43 UTC
- Provider display
- May 22
- Pad and location
- Orbital Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase
Mainly Clear · 82°F · Wind 16 mph
- Temperature
- 82.3°F
- Wind
- 15.8 mph
- Condition
- Mainly Clear
- Forecast updated
- May 22, 2026, 10:01 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Archived
End date not documented
Launch succeeded; current mission operations are not tracked by RocketLaunch.Live
Gallery
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