WATCH LIVE: SpaceX launching powerful new Starship V3 for 1st time ever

SpaceX will launch its new Starship V3 vehicle — the biggest and most powerful iteration of the megarocket yet — for the first time today (May 21), during a 90-minute window that opens at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230GMT). Watch it live here starting at 6 p.m. ET (2200 GMT).



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SpaceX Starship Flight 12 live launch updates: Starship V3 rocket launch livestream underway
SpaceX is now targeting a Friday, May 22, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket after a launch scrub. See our latest updates here.

By Mike Wall, Tariq Malik, Josh Dinner
last updated 13 minutes ago

SpaceX's newest version of its massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is now scheduled to launch its critical test flight no earlier than Friday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) from Starbase, Texas. Our live webcast will begin at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT). A launch attempt on May 21 was scrubbed in the last minute.

You can see our latest updates on the Starship V3 (short for Version 3) rocket, including its test flight goals, system upgrades and more. Flight 12 is the 12th test flight of the Starship vehicle since 2023, but the first for this year, and the first Starship test flight in 7 months.

SpaceX reports all systems are go as fueling continues for its Starship Flight 12 test flight of the next-generation V3 rocket.

The fueling process will continue until just minutes before liftoff to top the giant Starship off ith its liquid methane and liquid oxygen propellant.

For Starship V3, SpaceX has upgraded the fuel transfer tube inside the giant Super Heavy booster to better deliver propellant to the 33 Raptor engines on the first stage.

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