SpaceX's new Starship Launch Scheduled to Do Something Impossible... Massive Launches in Month!
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SpaceX's new Starship Launch Scheduled to Do Something Impossible... Massive Launches in Month!
It appears that it will take more than an anomaly to stop SpaceX’s march towards Starship Launch.
Yes, this is insane! SpaceX has officially filed a request with the FCC to use communication frequencies for Starship Flight 12, and that filing accidentally revealed the actual launch timeline, which surprised many people because the schedule is moving faster than most expected.
Let’s break it down in today’s Alpha Tech episode.
SpaceX really knows how to mess with our nerves. After the pressure incident with Super Heavy 18, or B18, at the Massey site, a lot of people thought, “Okay, this time they’re in real trouble. The whole tightly packed Starship schedule for this year is done for.” But nope. In reality, the vehicle is still in its testing phase, so things like hardware damage, infrastructure hiccups, or even staff getting sick, SpaceX already has backup plans for all of that.
SpaceX's new Starship Launch Scheduled to Do Something Impossible... Massive Launches in Month!
That’s why the company recently reassured everyone, saying Booster 19, the next booster in line, will still be pushed for stacking in December, and the overall timeline is still on track for a Q1 2026 launch.
And just when that good news settled in, another one showed up.
On November 24, 2025, SpaceX officially filed for a Special Temporary Authority with the FCC to temporarily use radio frequencies for Starship Flight 12, the first test flight expected to feature the new Starship Block 3 design. In this filing, SpaceX proposed an operational window from January 23, 2026, to June 28, 2026, meaning the flight won’t happen any earlier than January 23.
SpaceX's new Starship Launch Scheduled to Do Something Impossible... Massive Launches in Month!
And to be clear, this isn’t a definitive launch authorization like the ones the FAA grants. The FCC authorization mainly covers critical flight-safety communications: primary telemetry, like velocity, pressure, temperature, engine status, command uplink from the ground, and radar-tracking data, all using the classic S-band and X-band frequencies that aerospace has trusted for decades, and that agencies like the U.S. Air Force and NASA require.
Even though Starship has been streaming gorgeous Full HD footage through Starlink since Flight 5, SpaceX still isn’t allowed, and maybe isn’t ready, to use Starlink as the primary channel for critical flight data. So no matter how good the Starlink “camera system” gets, they still have to file with the FCC for the traditional communication bands to make sure they can “call for help” if anything goes off-script.
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