Launch Date: May 22, 2026 (CDT) Launch Time: 5:30 p.m. CDT, 6:30 p.m. EDT, 2230 UTC (May 23, 00:30 CEST) Launch Window: Open until 7:00 p.m. CDT Status: Successful lift-off, successful hot staging. Super Heavy Booster lost 3 Raptor engines during lift-off. Boostback burn was to short, so an uncontrolled "splash-down" in the Gulf of Mexico. Starship lost one Vacuum Raptor-3 engine, but operates nominal. 22 Starlink Demo satellites deployed. No Raptor re-ignition test in space was performed. Starship heat-shield operated very well during re-entry, did the belly-flip and made a splashdown controlled upright in the Indian Ocean, west of Australia. A lot of milestones have been reached successfully with Flight Test 12. Next ahead! Launch Provider: SpaceX Launcher System: Starship-Super H...
