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.
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Awaiting official confirmation - current date is known with some certainty.
Coverage
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Ship 41 rolls to Pad 2 carrying two flown tiles from Ship 40
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Launch Preview: Electron, Falcon 9, and Starship set for launches
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SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster arrives at pad ahead of first orbital Starship launch
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Starship’s upcoming missions: Waiting on Orbit, Building toward the Cape
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Starship to Attempt First Orbital Flight Next Week
SpaceX will attempt to put Starship into orbit for the first time next week pending regulatory approval. If all goes according to plan, Integrated Flight…