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Starship: Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. 3rd flight of Starship V3 and the first Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of Starlink satellites known as Starlink Group 31-1) into stable Low Earth Orbit. The ship is expected to fly at an altitude approximately 275 km above Earth and complete approximately 6 orbits around the planet for nearly 10 hours, with splashdown targeted in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile. The booster’s primary test objective on Flight 14 will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and landing burn at an offshore landing point in the Gulf. Starship will deliver 26 Starlink V3 satellites to orbit for the first time, which aim to greatly expand the network's capacity and user speeds. Each Starlink V3 satellite will add 1 Tbps of capacity to the constellation.

Monday, 28 September 202612:48 UTC
Starship: Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

Mission Data

SpaceX
🇺🇸SpaceXEst. 2002
Launch VehicleStarship V3
Vehicle FamilyStarship
Vehicle Record3 of 3 launches (100%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record729 successes / 15 failures (98%)
Success Streak229 consecutive
ProgramSpaceX Starship · Technology
Mission TypeCommunications
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadOrbital Launch Pad 2
Location🇺🇸 SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#233
Agency Launches This Year#113
Launches From This Pad3
Launches From This Site23
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Starship V3

Third development version of the Starship reusable two-stage super heavy-lift launch vehicle.

Launch updates

  1. Mission completed with Ship 41 soft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

  2. All Starlink satellites deployed and in contact with ground stations.

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  3. Liftoff.

  4. Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

  5. Now targeting Sep 28 at 12:48 UTC

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  6. Now targeting Sep 28 at 12:46 UTC

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  7. FAA launch license acquired.

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  8. Now targeting Sep 28 at 13:15 UTC due to still pending regulatory approval

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  9. Renamed primary payload.

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  10. GO for launch.

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Launch Site

Orbital Launch Pad 2 · 25.9968°N 97.1580°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.