Starship V3

Photo Credit: SpaceX

Third-generation second stage of the two-stage Starship super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

• Height: 52.1 m
• Diameter: 9 m
• Human Rated: No
• Maiden Flight: 5/22/2026
• Flight Life: Unknown at this stage
• Spacecraft Flown: 1
• Total Launches: 1
• Successful Launches: 1
• Attempted Landings: 1
• Successful Landings: 1

History

The third-generation Starship upper stage will be introduced on flight 12.

Agency

SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.