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Starship V3 flight timeline and IPO speculation

April 4, 2026r/SpaceX

In r-SpaceX, commenters weigh Musk's 4 to 6 week claim for the next Starship flight against doubts about delays, including speculation about avoiding a high-profile failure before an IPO.

Elon Musk: Next flight of Starship and first flight of V3 ship & booster is 4 to 6 weeks away
If SpaceX pulls off Starship and Terafab this is going to look like a bargain. But those are big ifs.
The cynic in me wonders if this is why SpaceX keeps pushing back the next Starship test flight, to the point where we don't know if it will even happen before the IPO.
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