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3 days ago

SpaceX Starship V3 gets launch date update from Elon Musk

In a post on X, Elon Musk stated that the next Starship launch is in six weeks. He accompanied his announcement with a photo that seemed to have been taken when Starship's upper stage was just about to separate from the Super Heavy Booster. Musk did not state whether SpaceX will attempt to catch the Super Heavy Booster during the upcoming flight.
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fromTESLARATI
2 months ago
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SpaceX Starship Version 3 booster crumples in early testing

Booster 18 suffered catastrophic structural failure during a pressurization test and will likely be retired, jeopardizing Starship V3 validation and near‑term mission schedules.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago
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SpaceX's upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing | TechCrunch

A newly rolled-out SpaceX Starship V3 booster in South Texas exploded pre-dawn, blowing out a lower-side section before engines were installed.
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fromTESLARATI
3 months ago

SpaceX is preparing to launch Starship V2 one final time

SpaceX is preparing to launch its final Starship V2 rocket on October 13, 2025. The launch closes the curtain on Starship V2 and marks the start of the ambitious spacecraft's V3 era. Liftoff for Flight 11 is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. ET from Starbase in South Texas, with a 75-minute launch window. The mission will test reentry dynamics, new landing burn configurations, and heat-shield upgrades ahead of the transition to the next-generation Starship V3.
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fromArs Technica
3 months ago

SpaceX has a few tricks up its sleeve for the last Starship flight of the year

Booster 15 will test a new Super Heavy landing burn using 13, then five, then three engines to measure dynamics and add redundancy.
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