Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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SpaceX's Starship Version 3 is finally about to make its debut with a suborbital launch from Starbase, Texas.

The mission, dubbed Starship Flight 12, is the 12th test flight of SpaceX's integrated Starship-Super Heavy rocket, but the first flight of this new generation of the launch vehicle.

Because of all the changes and upgrades made to both stages of the two-stage rocket, SpaceX will not attempt to catch either the Starship upper stage (Ship 39) or the Super Heavy booster (Booster 19).

In this video, Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith shows SpaceX's road to the first flight of Starship V3 and the company hopes to demonstrate with this mission.

Video/photos courtesy SpaceX

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Sunsetting Starship V2
02:10 Starship Version 3
03:47 Raptor 3 engines
06:30 Starship
08:22 Super Heavy booster
09:58 Pad 2
10:46 Flight 12 road to launch

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