Starlink Group 31-1Starship Flight 14

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

Communications · Low Earth Orbit

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.

Customers: SpaceX

Part of SpaceX Starship, Starlink

What it put in orbit

COSPAR ID 2026-225. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

Where to watch

Timeline

1. T−00:50:00 GO for Prop Load
2. T−00:36:33 Stage 1 LOX Load
3. T−00:35:00 Stage 1 LNG Load
4. T−00:34:13 Stage 2 LOX Load
5. T−00:34:11 Stage 2 LNG Load
6. T−00:21:40 Engine Chill
7. T−00:02:50 Stage 1 Propellant Load Complete
8. T−00:02:10 Stage 2 Propellant Load Complete
9. T−00:00:30 GO for Launch
10. T−00:00:17 Flame Deflector Activation
11. T−00:00:03 Ignition
12. T+00:00:00 Excitement Guaranteed
13. T+00:00:00 Liftoff
14. T+00:00:58 Max-Q
15. T+00:02:20 MECO
16. T+00:02:22 Stage 2 Separation
17. T+00:02:27 Booster Boostback Burn Startup
18. T+00:03:07 Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
19. T+00:06:35 Stage 1 Landing Burn
20. T+00:07:01 Stage 1 Landing
21. T+00:08:11 SECO-1
22. T+00:25:28 Orbital Insertion Burn Start
23. T+00:25:47 Orbital Insertion Burn End
24. T+00:34:18 Payload Deployment Sequence Start
25. T+01:04:50 Payload Deployment Sequence End
26. T+08:52:18 Deorbit Burn Start
27. T+08:52:29 Deorbit Burn End
28. T+09:28:52 Atmospheric Entry
29. T+09:47:30 Starship Transonic
30. T+09:48:07 Starship Subsonic
31. T+09:50:11 Starship Landing Burn
32. T+09:50:13 Landing Flip
33. T+09:50:21 Starship Landing Burn Shutdown
34. T+09:50:28 Starship Landing Burn Shutdown
35. T+09:50:30 Starship Landing

Updates

• Mission completed with Ship 41 soft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. source
• All Starlink satellites deployed and in contact with ground stations. source
• Liftoff. source
• Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started source
• Now targeting Sep 28 at 12:48 UTC source
• Now targeting Sep 28 at 12:46 UTC source
• FAA launch license acquired. source
• Now targeting Sep 28 at 13:15 UTC due to still pending regulatory approval source
• Renamed primary payload. source
• GO for launch. source
• NET September 22, TBC. source
• Added tentative launch window. source
• NET September 18. source
• NET September 15, TBC. source
• NET early September. source
• Added launch. source