First launch of a Block 3 Starship, and the first launch from Pad 2!

Scheduled for (UTC)	2026-05-22 23:30:00
Scheduled for (local)	2026-05-22 18:30 (CDT)
Launch Window (UTC)	2025-05-22 22:30 to 2026-05-23 00:00 (1 hour 30 minutes)
Launch site	Pad 2, Starbase, Texas, USA.
Booster	B19
Ship	S39
Booster landing	Gulf of Mexico
Ship landing	Indian Ocean

Webcasts

Stream	Link
Space Affairs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT_ZXZUrUcU (scrub)
Everyday Astronaut	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWYDx3u8A4 (scrub)
Spaceflight Now	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4alF1JasLo (scrub)
NASASpaceflight	Stakeout stream, launch stream, Stakeout stream (scrub), launch stream (scrub)
LabPadre
The Launch Pad	Countdown stream, launch stream, Countdown stream (scrub), launch stream (scrub)
VideoFromSpace	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke_V1Dlw_lI (scrub)
International Rocket Launches	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C6WSj8lz4s (scrub)
SpaceX
The Space Devs	https://www.youtube.com/@thespacedevs/videos

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 1st launch of Starship version 3

☑️ 1st launch from Pad 2

☑️ 1st Starship Full Stack launch this year, 12th overall

☑️ 60th SpaceX launch this year, 679th overall

Mission Details

NextSpaceflight

SpaceX website (current, archive), Starship v3 overview. Scheduled highlights:

• No booster catch, only splashdown.
• Payload deploy demonstration, including two satellites to transmit imagery of heatshield prior to reentry.
• Raptor relight.
• Ship landing burn will down-select to a single engine.
• Chopstick actuators have been changed from hydraulic to electromechanical.

Timeline

Time	Event
-0:50:00	GO for Prop Load
-0:38:53	Stage 2 LOX Load
-0:35:00	Stage 1 LOX Load
-0:34:43	Stage 1 LNG Load
-0:32:59	Stage 2 LNG Load
-0:21:30	Engine Chill
-0:02:50	Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete
-0:02:10	Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete
-0:00:30	GO for Launch
-0:00:17	Flame Deflector Activation
-0:00:03	Ignition
0:00:00	Liftoff
0:00:00	Excitement Guaranteed
0:00:45	Max-Q
0:02:22	MECO
0:02:24	Stage 2 Separation
0:02:30	Booster Boostback Burn Startup
0:03:30	Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
0:06:34	Stage 1 Landing Burn
0:06:59	Stage 1 Landing
0:08:11	SECO-1
0:17:37	Payload Deployment Sequence Start
0:27:15	Payload Deployment Sequence End
0:38:37	SEB-2
0:47:47	Atmospheric Entry
1:02:29	Starship Transonic
1:03:08	Starship Subsonic
1:05:06	Starship Landing Burn
1:05:08	Landing Flip
1:05:17	Starship Landing

Link to Starship Dev thread