Starship Flight 14 is scheduled to launch from SpaceX’s Starbase in south Texas at 7:15 a.m. local time Sept. 28, carrying 26 Starlink V3 satellites in its first attempt to deliver a payload to orbit. The 10-hour flight aims for six orbits before a Pacific splashdown.
The 75-minute launch window closes at 8:30 a.m. CT, with backup windows set for following days. SpaceX plans to stream the launch on its website and X; weather, technical setbacks or regulatory issues could delay it.
Unlike the first 13 tests, which used suborbital trajectories designed to be passively safe, Flight 14 aims to reach orbit. SpaceX says losing contact could mean a safe return to Earth is no longer guaranteed. Starship is scheduled to support NASA’s Artemis III mission next year, and a major failure could delay NASA’s plan to return humans to the Moon this decade.
