Starship • Flight 12

A SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) launched from Starbase, Texas, on a suborbital flight. It was the 12th flight of the integrated launch vehicle and the first launch of a version 3 rocket. The mission used the Ship 39 upper stage and Booster 19 first stage. SpaceX did not attempt to catch the Super Heavy booster back at the launch site and Raptor engine failures prevented a soft splashdown in the Gulf. Ship 39 deployed 20 Starlink simulator satellites along the suborbital flight path, along with two modified Starlinks designed to relay imagery of the Starship heat shield. Delayed from May 15. Delayed from May 19 and 20. Scrubbed May 21 due to “the hydraulic pin holding the tower arm in place” being unable to retract.