Weekly Space Report: Test Flight 12 Forecast

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No highlights today. Visiting my mom. (:

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Elon Musk says TF12 in four weeks:

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I’m a member and watch him every week. Fascinating watching history being made.

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Are you on the waitlist for SpaceX IPO?

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I was greatly inspired by the first booster catch.

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Grok:

  • Elon Musk’s post announces the first flight of Starship Version 3 (V3) in early April 2026 from Starbase, Texas, as Flight 12, featuring a hype video montage of prior launches, engine tests, and orbital views that has garnered over 114,000 likes and 44 million views in under 24 hours.
  • Starship V3 upgrades include 42 lighter Raptor V3 engines—3D-printed with integrated cryogenic cooling to eliminate heavy heat shields and fire suppression—boosting payload capacity from 15 tons in V1 to 100 tons, enabling cheaper reusable spaceflight per peer-reviewed analyses in Acta Astronautica on reusable rocket economics.
  • Reactions highlight excitement for accelerated cadence post-V3 debut, with users sharing memes, prior launch clips, and visions of orbital infrastructure like GPU deployments, underscoring Starship’s role in multi-planetary goals amid ongoing FAA approvals.
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