SpaceX Targets May 20 Launch for Starship V3 Flight 12

SpaceX plans to launch Starship V3 on Flight 12 on May 20 from Starbase, Texas, for a suborbital test that will send the Starship upper stage to a water landing in the Indian Ocean, deploy 20 dummy Starlink satellites and two probes, while the Super Heavy booster aims for a water landing in the Gulf of Mexico. The launch window opens at 6:30 p.m. EDT with livestream starting about 45 minutes earlier; SpaceX previously moved the date from May 19 to May 20, and a May 21 backup is possible due to road closures near Starbase. The flight marks a milestone for SpaceX’s reusable Starship and NASA’s Artemis 4 plans.