Starship Flight 12 has been delayed by a day.

New NET sits on May 20th at 6:30 pm EThttps://t.co/BQJGzyV6Dn pic.twitter.com/zhchDpTdZo

— StarbaseTracking (@TrackingTheSB) May 17, 2026

Chance of rain starting Wednesday

nortex97 said:

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The Starlink V3 loader is now in Megabay 2 for loading into Ship 39. SpaceX said they plan on ejecting 20 total, two of them are fitted with equipment that will send back images of the heat shield before reentry.

Thanks to @LabPadre for the amazing views. pic.twitter.com/gpMVxbCzc6

— ChromeKiwi (@AshleyKillip) May 17, 2026

Will be fun to see, if these work. I read these are essentially also getting dispensed by an 'all new' pez dispenser mechanism that was re-engineered almost entirely. I believe they only ever attempted/dispensed 3 dummy satellites on earlier missions (2 of them).

WDR for tomorrow was cancelled, so I am not sure if that means Tuesday launch is off the table now or not.

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These satellites are going to fly in formation with ship as it reenters for as long as possible?

Or just before reentry and then will get out of the way?

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Friday night so that's how much I know. That said...

They don't have any capability to navigate or self propulse. So there's no maneuvering capability. What they do have is vastly different mass and more importantly different aerodynamic properties. They also cannot stop the momentum they gained when they were ejected from Starship, so they will just continually drift away from the ship on their similar suborbital trajectory.

Maybe the two with cameras have a small set of thrusters for attitude control.

Just pictures before re-entry. I think they are testing different attachment techniques so want to see what is shaken loose by the ascent.

As expected:

SpaceX is now targeting Wednesday, May 20th at 6:30 PM ET for the first Starship V3 test flight, which is the same day as the Model S/X Signature delivery event in California. pic.twitter.com/BJbFdcmDX6

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 17, 2026

Kenneth_2003 said:

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I stayed at a Holiday Inn Friday night so that's how much I know. That said...

They don't have any capability to navigate or self propulse. So there's no maneuvering capability. What they do have is vastly different mass and more importantly different aerodynamic properties. They also cannot stop the momentum they gained when they were ejected from Starship, so they will just continually drift away from the ship on their similar suborbital trajectory.

Maybe the two with cameras have a small set of thrusters for attitude control.

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Yeah, that bolded part is why I said 'as long as possible'. Which I know isn't very long at all. And you wouldn't want something in the path ahead of ship during reentry anyways. It would shower ship with debris and probably collide with it.

If the satellites have no maneuvering capability, then I guess ship would have to roll to give the satellite views of all sides before rotating into reentry orientation. Seems they'd want at least some gyros in the satellites to maintain whatever orientation they need.

Do we think that with a new starship version, POGO might be an issue again?

TexAgs91 said:

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Do we think that with a new starship version, POGO might be an issue again?

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I mean i would think not based on what they have learned.

Block 2 was different enough from Block 1 that Block 2 had POGO issues that could only be observed and diagnosed in flight right?

Block 3 is also different from Block 2. Seems like the potential could still be there.

TexAgs91 said:

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Block 2 was different enough from Block 1 that Block 2 had POGO issues that could only be observed and diagnosed in flight right?

Block 3 is also different from Block 2. Seems like the potential could still be there.

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The potential for harmonic/vibration issues is real, and static/ground testing failed to identify that on V2 of course, but I think they have significantly strengthened the structures internally (and baffles etc) and learned quite a bit from those issues for this one, so I hope it's not a significant problem again, in any case.

They made a bunch of changes even in V2 after flight 7, so I would be surprised if they didn't incorporate 'lessons learned' into this iteration to prevent a re-occurrence of that 'issue' here.

TexAgs91 said:

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Kenneth_2003 said:

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I stayed at a Holiday Inn Friday night so that's how much I know. That said...

They don't have any capability to navigate or self propulse. So there's no maneuvering capability. What they do have is vastly different mass and more importantly different aerodynamic properties. They also cannot stop the momentum they gained when they were ejected from Starship, so they will just continually drift away from the ship on their similar suborbital trajectory.

Maybe the two with cameras have a small set of thrusters for attitude control.

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Yeah, that bolded part is why I said 'as long as possible'. Which I know isn't very long at all. And you wouldn't want something in the path ahead of ship during reentry anyways. It would shower ship with debris and probably collide with it.

If the satellites have no maneuvering capability, then I guess ship would have to roll to give the satellite views of all sides before rotating into reentry orientation. Seems they'd want at least some gyros in the satellites to maintain whatever orientation they need.

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If they perform raptor relight they'll certainly move ahead of the sim-sats.

Just got back from our 5 days at SPI and the wind was blowing every day but this morning was worse - gusting over 50 at the airport in Brownsville!

Looks like big rain this week starting Tuesday night so I wonder when this launch is actually gonna happen.

Rumored a 23 year old lost his life at working at Starbase last week.

The rumblings about a death at Starbase of an employee under a contractor last Friday morning appear to be true. 4:16AM, about 2 hours before the already claimed time, I spotted an ambulance w/ emergency lights. All the cranes working on the gigabay stopped work shortly before… pic.twitter.com/h6X3Mh7wpT

— TheSpaceEngineer (@mcrs987) May 17, 2026

Some extra clarification:

Last Friday, a beam was being moved by a crane while a worker was on a lift nearby. The beam reportedly fell, struck the lift and caused fatal injuries to the worker. CPR was attempted, but it is reported that the worked passed away at the scene.

The… https://t.co/f4gSBRsKwW

— Robin (@xdNiBoR) May 17, 2026

The victim was a contractor employed through a third party construction company, so not a direct SpaceX employee.
SpaceX employees go through extensive safety training and OSHA monitoring, whilst contractors operate under their own companies management and safety enforcement.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the victim's family, friends, and colleagues during this difficult time.

The Starship production pipeline is full and will complete roughly 10 more ships and about half that number of boosters this year, so, if something goes wrong, it will not be a major setback, unless the launch stand is destroyed

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2026

Don't think more safety training is gonna help with what seems like equipment failure and then getting hit by a beam.

It's an industrial manufacturing site, these are inherently dangerous, no doubt. Sad for the loss but I don't think it's indicative of a poor 'safety culture.'

Booster 19 has arrived at the launch site pic.twitter.com/xHMdeKQ0wB

— RGV Aerial Photography (@RGVaerialphotos) May 19, 2026

ETA: Thursday now.

SpaceX is now targeting Thursday, May 21st at 5:30 PM ET for the first Starship V3 test flight. pic.twitter.com/7NV3av7eAn

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 19, 2026

it's 5:30 central still

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The launch window will open at 5:30 p.m. CT.

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Just thought I'd leave this here...

The way the heaviest booster of Starship is caught in the mid air ...wow just wow pic.twitter.com/Xp3nbeQZ1I

— Aryan (@chinchat09) May 19, 2026

Ship 39 has arrived at the launch site, giving Booster 19 some company before stacking operations later this afternoon, presumably.

Looks mega with the new S39 decals and newly added SpaceX logo on the payload section.

📸 - @NASASpaceflight https://t.co/wIef8kFcSP pic.twitter.com/6PQELxCRNE

— Max Evans (@_MaxQ_) May 19, 2026

Human for scale pic.twitter.com/dyolv1QAXF

— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) May 19, 2026

Ship 39 roll into the launch site for the very last time ahead of flight 12 pic.twitter.com/Z00QiZAoR6

— Ezekiel Overstreet 🚀 (@EzekielOverstr1) May 19, 2026

SpaceX spending on Starship tops $15 billion in rush for airline-like rocketry https://t.co/KIXeRMKpDU

— Joey Roulette (@joroulette) May 19, 2026

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"There is not enough water in the water system to support the launch of Starship" at such a scale, Quilty said.

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Stereotypically terrible MSM quote. What does the author think that means? Did the guy he's supposedly quoting actually say that as a sentence? Part of a larger sentence?

The water system is too small!

PJYoung said:

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Human for scale pic.twitter.com/dyolv1QAXF

— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) May 19, 2026

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Not a calibrated space banana. Scale provision invalidated

WDR today loaded prop about half way, then quit, detanked and ran a deluge test. Reasonable guess by NSF that quitting on prop load was an abort that probably wasn't intended.

Tankers are stacked down Hwy 4 to refill the tank farm.

And they stopped around halfway in the load and are detanking. Could have been the objective (partial load), or not. We'll see. pic.twitter.com/l6gpFzbgB1

— NSF - NASASpaceflight.com (@NASASpaceflight) May 20, 2026

Today’s closure has been removed and has concluded. Tomorrow’s closure and Friday’s remain both as primaries. https://t.co/qI0nPT3bAe pic.twitter.com/fDiGaTRTd2

— Ship 25 (@Flight2Starship) May 20, 2026

BREAKING: SpaceX has officially filed its S-1 registration statement with the US SEC ahead of its record-setting IPO.

Details include:

1. SpaceX intends to list its shares on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol $SPCX

2. SpaceX posted Q1 2026 revenue of $4.69 billion

3. Elon Musk…

— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) May 20, 2026

The rest of the above post:

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BREAKING: SpaceX has officially filed its S-1 registration statement with the US SEC ahead of its record-setting IPO.

Details include:

1. SpaceX intends to list its shares on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol $SPCX

2. SpaceX posted Q1 2026 revenue of $4.69 billion

3. Elon Musk will be CEO, CTO, and Chairman of the Board after the IPO

4. SpaceX holds $15.8 billion in cash as of March 31st

5. SpaceX is seeking to raise a record $80 billion in its IPO with an expected IPO date of June 12th

More details to come shortly on this historic IPO.

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SpaceX in IPO filing: "We believe we have identified the largest actionable total addressable market in human history. We estimate that our quantifiable TAM is $28.5 trillion, consisting of $370 billion in Space from space-enabled solutions; $1.6 trillion in Connectivity across… https://t.co/CBTpfJECik pic.twitter.com/yh54mKFlQE

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 20, 2026

SpaceX (ticker will be SPCX) just dropped its preliminary prospectus S-1! Here are the TOP 10 most important pieces from the filing.

1/ The IPO
• SpaceX is registering an IPO of Class A Common Stock.
• Price range is still placeholder ($[ ] – $[ ] per share).
• Underwriters… pic.twitter.com/fbICqo7hmJ

— Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics) May 20, 2026

We'll never know of course... I'm really curious what the early investment rounds were to valued at per share compared to the upcoming Class A's that will be listed. I presume there are a multitude of share classes from various early investors and they're all being rolled/converted into the Class A Public shares, and probably at different values with earlier investors/earlier rounds getting the absolute best.

They mention the 5:1 split in the soon to be Class A common shares earlier this month. I presume this is just to increase total tradeable shares and get the price down to levels that individual investors can afford.

Soooo…this feels like an investment that will print money. To make this political, how long before Congress argues antitrust laws because they hate Elon? Certainly he's going to make them a lot of money, too.

Great news, retail investors will officially be offered @SpaceX IPO shares!

SpaceX shares will be offered to retail investors through the brokerages of Charles Schwab, Fidelity, Robinhood, SoFi and E*Trade.

"Any purchase of our Class A common stock in this offering through… pic.twitter.com/bbdfJxAm7V

— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 20, 2026

So if the everyday Joe uses one of these services, they can purchase stocks on the 12th?

Market cap:$TSLA : $1.4T$SPCX : $2T
Combined entity : $3.4T

Elon’s voting control percentage:$TSLA : 15%$SPCX : 85%
Combined entity : ((2*.85)+(1.4*.15))/3.4=
((1.7)+(0.21))/3.4=
1.91/3.4=0.562
56.2%

Are some of y’all starting to see @bradsferguson ‘s point? https://t.co/0Qoo5qprDY

— James Stephenson (@ICannot_Enough) May 20, 2026

Future.

YellowPot_97 said:

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So if the everyday Joe uses one of these services, they can purchase stocks on the 12th?

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It will be trading on the NASDAQ under SPCX, so I expect the high-frequency trading computers to gobble up all the shares then immediately dump them on the market. The question is will the exchange computer systems be able to keep up with all the frenzy. It would not surprise me if there was some sort of technical crash due to be overloaded.

Today the day?