Flight 12 marked the debut of the upgraded 124-meter Starship V3 and the first launch from Starbase Pad 2; the ship deployed 20 Starlink simulators and splashed down in the Indian Ocean, but Super Heavy's boostback burn failed and the booster crash-landed in the ocean.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Sub
- Suborbital
- Payload to orbit
- Did not reach orbit
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Starship V3 flights
- Date and time
- 22 May 2026, 22:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Starship V3
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
- Payload
- Test Flight
- Launches in 2026
- 118th of 243