Starship

In-active Re-Usable

SpaceX (SpX)

None

Description

Third development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
124.4 m
Diameter
9.0 m
Fairing Diameter
9.0 m
Launch Mass
5250.0 T
Thrust
80807.0 kN

Family

Name
Starship
Family
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Variant
V3
Alias
―
Full Name
Starship V3

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
100000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
―
Direct Geostationary
―
Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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SpaceX

Commercial

CEO: Elon Musk

SpX 2002

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

Upcoming Spaceflights

Starship | Flight 12

SpaceX | United States of America
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
May 19, 2026, 10:30 p.m.

Status: Go for Launch

Mission:

12th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Maiden Flight of Starship V3. The flight test’s primary goal will be to demonstrate each of these new pieces in the flight environment for the first time, with each element of the Starship architecture featuring significant redesigns to enable full and rapid reuse that incorporate learnings from years of development and test. The Starship upper stage will target multiple in-space and reentry objectives, including the deployment of 22 Starlink simulators, similar in size to next-generation Starlink satellites. The last two satellites deployed will scan Starship’s heat shield and transmit imagery down to operators to test methods of analyzing Starship’s heat shield readiness for return to launch site on future missions. Several tiles on Starship have been painted white to simulate missing tiles and serve as imaging targets in the test. The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship. A relight of a single Raptor engine while in space is also planned. For Starship entry, a single heat shield tile has been intentionally removed to measure the aerodynamic load differences on adjacent tiles when there is a tile missing. Finally, the ship will perform experimental actions tested on previous flight tests, including a maneuver to intentionally stress the structural limits of the vehicle’s rear flaps and a dynamic banking maneuver to mimic the trajectory that future missions returning to Starbase will fly.

Suborbital Booster 19 - Maiden Flight Gulf of Mexico

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Starship | Flight 13

SpaceX | United States of America
SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
TBD June, 2026

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

13th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. Second flight of Starship V3

Suborbital

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