SpaceXStarship V3Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)
Launched
September 28, 2026 · 12:48 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 14, the third Starship V3 flight, successfully deployed Starlink Group 31-1 into low Earth orbit—the first satellite deployment for the two-stage vehicle.
- Watch
- SpaceX Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)The Space Devs
- Starship Flight 14SpaceX
- Watch Live: SpaceX Starship heads for orbit on 14th flightSpaceflight Now
- Vehicle
- Starship V3 · SpaceXSpaceX Starship, Starlink
- Booster
- Booster 21 · flight 1 · Ocean at Gulf of Mexico · landed19/24 landed here
- Mission
- Communications · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 3rd Starship V3 flightSpaceX's 732nd launch113th this yearhumanity's 7,406th orbital launch attempt233rd orbital launch attempt this year
Spacecraft
Ship 41 (S41)
Third V3 Starship to fly with various enhancements, to be used on the 14th Starship test flight, the first Starship flight to deploy satellites into stable Low Earth Orbit. Lost in an explosion just after the soft splashdown.
- Destination: Low Earth Orbit
- Mission length: 3 hours
Ship 41 has performed a soft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean after deploying its payload.
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
STARLINK-40083 · NORAD 100855 · 2026-225A · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 27 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- STARLINK-40083
- Object ID
- 2026-225A
- Epoch
- 2026-10-16 00:00:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.75369901 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00001985
- Inclination
- 30.4989°
- Ascending node
- 211.6367°
- Arg. of perigee
- 65.2022°
- Mean anomaly
- 126.5604°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 397
- B*
- -0.0070490302
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Flight timeline
- T−50MGO for Prop Load
- T−36M33SStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MStage 1 LNG Load
- T−34M13SStage 2 LOX Load
- T−34M11SStage 2 LNG Load
- T−21M40SEngine Chill
- T−2M50SStage 1 Propellant Load Complete
- T−2M10SStage 2 Propellant Load Complete
- T−30SGO for Launch
- T−17SFlame Deflector Activation
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Excitement Guaranteed
- T−0Liftoff
- T+58SMax-Q
- T+2M20SMECO
- T+2M22SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M27SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M7SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+6M35SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M1SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M11SSECO-1
- T+25M28SOrbital Insertion Burn Start
- T+25M47SOrbital Insertion Burn End
- T+34M18SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+1H4M50SPayload Deployment Sequence End
- T+8H52M18SDeorbit Burn Start
- T+8H52M29SDeorbit Burn End
- T+9H28M52SAtmospheric Entry
- T+9H47M30SStarship Transonic
- T+9H48M7SStarship Subsonic
- T+9H50M11SStarship Landing Burn
- T+9H50M13SLanding Flip
- T+9H50M21SStarship Landing Burn Shutdown
- T+9H50M28SStarship Landing Burn Shutdown
- T+9H50M30SStarship Landing
About this launch
Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) launched on a SpaceX Starship V3 from Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA on September 28, 2026 at 12:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:15 to 13:30 UTC. It was SpaceX's 732nd launch, 113th this year and humanity's 7,406th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd Starship V3 flight. Booster Booster 21 flew for the 1st time and landed at Gulf of Mexico. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The earliest tracked orbit of STARLINK-40083, one of 27 catalogued objects, from September 30, 2026, was 277 × 279 km inclined 30.5°. The spacecraft was Ship 41 (S41).
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.
News
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Starship Orbits Earth, Returns EarlyAlthough technical issues cut the mission short, Starship achieved most of its objectives, including its first deployment of an operational payload into orbit.
Starship returns to Earth; rocket splashes down north of Hawaii after three-hour flightThe Super Heavy first stage booster, generating some 16 million pounds of thrust — twice the power of NASA's Space Launch System moon rocket — rapidly accelerated as it consumed propellant and lost weight, climbing out of the thick lower atmosphere along a southeasterly trajectory.
Starship Achieves Orbit for the First TimeThe flight did not go exactly as planned, but SpaceX’s Starship Integrated Flight Test-14 did make it into orbit for the first time today and deployed 26 operational Starlink V3 […]
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on StarshipThe first planned orbital flight of a Starship-Super Heavy rocket aims to send 26 Starlink Version 3 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, is scheduled during a 75-minute window that opens at 7:15 a.m. CDT (8:15 a.m. EDT / 1215 UTC).
Starship Flight 14: SpaceX Attempts OrbitAfter more than a decade of development in many forms, SpaceX’s Starship is slated to…
Flight 14 waits on approval as a near-term manifest sketches Starship’s next stepsWith Flight 14 being Starship’s first intended orbital mission, a near-term manifest is already pointing…
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Airspace and maritime notices
2 notices filed by the FAA
FAA temporary flight restriction · 2 notices · Expired · up to 999,900 ftMatched by proximity to the pad
Pad
Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
3rd launch from Orbital Launch Pad 2, 3rd this year · 23rd from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Sep 28, 7:48 AM CDT, in daylight
3 launches from this pad · 23 from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
65 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Mission completed with Ship 41 soft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
Show 9 earlier updates
All Starlink satellites deployed and in contact with ground stations.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/28/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/28/2026 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 9/28/2026 · source
Now targeting Sep 28 at 12:48 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/28/2026 · source
Now targeting Sep 28 at 12:46 UTC
hitura-nobad · 9/28/2026 · source
FAA launch license acquired.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/26/2026 · source
Now targeting Sep 28 at 13:15 UTC due to still pending regulatory approval
hitura-nobad · 9/17/2026 · source
Renamed primary payload.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/16/2026 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/15/2026 · source
Questions
When did Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) launch?
Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) launched on September 28, 2026 at 12:48 UTC. The launch window ran from 12:15 to 13:30 UTC.
Where can I watch Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)?
Coverage: SpaceX Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14); Starship Flight 14; Watch Live: SpaceX Starship heads for orbit on 14th flight. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)?
Starship V3, flown by SpaceX. Starship V3 spec sheet
Where did Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) launch from?
Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA. Liftoff was Sep 28, 7:48 AM CDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster Booster 21 flew for the 1st time and landed at Gulf of Mexico.
What orbit did Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) reach?
The earliest tracked orbit of STARLINK-40083, one of 27 catalogued objects, from September 30, 2026, was 277 × 279 km inclined 30.5°.
Which program is Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) part of?
SpaceX Starship and Starlink. About SpaceX Starship