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Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

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Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

Starship V3

T-minus to liftoff

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MINUTES

SECONDS

Tuesday September 22 2026, 12:15:00 UTC

StatusGo

VehicleStarship V3

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadOrbital Launch Pad 2

Flight readiness

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Mission

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.

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:50:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:36:33

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LNG Load

T-00:34:13

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:34:11

Stage 2 LNG Load

T-00:21:40

Engine Chill

T-00:02:50

Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete

T-00:02:10

Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete

T-00:00:30

GO for Launch

T-00:00:17

Flame Deflector Activation

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Excitement Guaranteed

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:00:58

Max-Q

T+00:02:20

MECO

T+00:02:22

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:27

Booster Boostback Burn Startup

T+00:03:07

Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown

T+00:06:35

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:07:01

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:11

SECO-1

T+00:25:28

Orbital Insertion Burn Start

T+00:25:47

Orbital Insertion Burn End

T+00:34:18

Payload Deployment Sequence Start

T+01:04:50

Payload Deployment Sequence End

T+08:52:18

Deorbit Burn Start

T+08:52:29

Deorbit Burn End

T+09:28:52

Atmospheric Entry

T+09:47:30

Starship Transonic

T+09:48:07

Starship Subsonic

T+09:50:11

Starship Landing Burn

T+09:50:13

Landing Flip

T+09:50:21

Starship Landing

T+09:50:22

Starship Landing

T+09:50:30

Starship Landing

Quick facts

VehicleStarship V3

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadOrbital Launch Pad 2

SiteSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

WindowTuesday September 22 2026, 12:15:00 UTC→Tuesday September 22 2026, 13:30:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyStarship

Height124.4 m

Diameter9 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity100,000 kg

Track record2/2 successful

Landings0/2

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SpaceX

Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

Starship V3

T-minus to liftoff

HOURS

MINUTES

SECONDS

Tuesday September 22 2026, 12:15:00 UTC

StatusGo

Scrub riskMODERATE

Go70%

VehicleStarship V3

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadOrbital Launch Pad 2

Flight readiness

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Trajectory · hazard-aligned

4 hazard areas

Orbital Launch Pad 2

SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Launching

Southeast

115° · ESE

25.997, -97.158

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Mission

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · NewBooster 21

active1st flight

Flights0

Landings—

Fastest turn—

Targeting Ocean · GOM

Third Block 3 Super Heavy booster to fly with various enhancements including Raptor 3 engines, integrated interstage and 3 grid fins instead of 4 used. To be used on the 14th Starship flight test, the first Starship flight to deploy satellites into stable Low Earth Orbit.

Upper Stage · Starship V3S41Ship 41

Active

0 flights· Low Earth Orbit

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.

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Weather & scrubMODERATE risk

Weather Go70%Wind6 m/sGusts7 m/sCloud15%Temp32°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

HRRR GFS F+144: CAPE 1381 J/kg · K-idx 27 · freezing 15,897 ft

Jellyfish potentialMap & details →

Classic

Hazards (4)

A1237/26 NOTAMN Q) NTTT/QRDCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/2459S13459W839 A) NTTT B) 2609222107 C) 2609290108 D) 22 2107-0108 23 2107-0108 24 2107-0108 25 2107-0108 26 2107-0108 27 2107-0108 28 2107-0108 E) TEMPORARY DANGER AREA DUE TO SPACE DEBRIS RETURN OF SPACEX STARSHIP FLT-14 IN TAHITI FIR WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY FOLLOWING POINTS: 1951S 14900W, 1923S 14849W, 2458S 13310W, 2610S 12909W, 2734S 12303W, 2800S 12000W, 2911S 12000W, 2806S 12506W, 2611S 13250W, 1951S 14900W THIS ACTIVITY ALSO IMPACTS THE FOLLOWING FIR : SCIZ THE FRENCH VERSION OF THIS NOTAM IS C2283/26 F) SFC G) UNLHazard card →
A0095/26 NOTAMN Q) FIMM/QRALW/IV/NBO/AE/000/999/2025S07540E005 A) FIMM B) 2609221223 C) 2609281447 EST D) 22 1223-1447 23 1223-1447 24 1223-1447 25 1223-1447 26 1223-1447 27 1223-1447 28 1223-1447 E) STATIONARY ALTITUDE RESERVATION FOR HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS FM SFC TO UNL FOR ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY AND SPLASHDOWN OF SPACE X STARSHIP FTL-14 ROCKET WI AN AREA BOUNDED BY FLW COORD: 2630S 07500E 2704S 07318E 2436S 07206E 2342S 07500E TO BEGINNING PRIMARY RE-ENTRY BTN 1223 TO 1447 ON 22 SEP 2026 BACK UP RE-ENTRY BTN 1223 TO 1447 FM 23 SEP 2026 TO 28 SEP 2026. F) SFC G) UNLHazard card →
B1847/26 NOTAMN Q) MMFR/QRDCA/IV/BO/W/000/999/ A) MMFR B) 2609221215 C) 2609281408 D) DLY 1215-1408 E) DANGEROUS AREA FOR LAUNCH OF ROCKET SPACEX STARSHIP FLT-14, LATERAL LIMIT AREA FORMED BY THE UNION OF THE FLW POINTS: AREA A3: 2558N 09711W 2600N 09700W 2600N 09555W 2430N 09300W 2430N 09103W 2333N 09127W 2344N 09307W 2408N 09404W 2501N 09550W 2521N 09619W 2550N 09707W 2558N 09711W FIR MEXICO (MMFR) F) SFC G) UNL

Launch Timeline

Countdown

T-00:50:00

GO for Prop Load

T-00:36:33

Stage 1 LOX Load

T-00:35:00

Stage 1 LNG Load

T-00:34:13

Stage 2 LOX Load

T-00:34:11

Stage 2 LNG Load

T-00:21:40

Engine Chill

T-00:02:50

Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete

T-00:02:10

Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete

T-00:00:30

GO for Launch

T-00:00:17

Flame Deflector Activation

T-00:00:03

Ignition

In-flight

T+00:00:00

Excitement Guaranteed

T+00:00:00

Liftoff

T+00:00:58

Max-Q

T+00:02:20

MECO

T+00:02:22

Stage 2 Separation

T+00:02:27

Booster Boostback Burn Startup

T+00:03:07

Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown

T+00:06:35

Stage 1 Landing Burn

T+00:07:01

Stage 1 Landing

T+00:08:11

SECO-1

T+00:25:28

Orbital Insertion Burn Start

T+00:25:47

Orbital Insertion Burn End

T+00:34:18

Payload Deployment Sequence Start

T+01:04:50

Payload Deployment Sequence End

T+08:52:18

Deorbit Burn Start

T+08:52:29

Deorbit Burn End

T+09:28:52

Atmospheric Entry

T+09:47:30

Starship Transonic

T+09:48:07

Starship Subsonic

T+09:50:11

Starship Landing Burn

T+09:50:13

Landing Flip

T+09:50:21

Starship Landing

T+09:50:22

Starship Landing

T+09:50:30

Starship Landing

Quick facts

VehicleStarship V3

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadOrbital Launch Pad 2

SiteSpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

WindowTuesday September 22 2026, 12:15:00 UTC→Tuesday September 22 2026, 13:30:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyStarship

Height124.4 m

Diameter9 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity100,000 kg

Track record2/2 successful

Landings0/2