Starlink Group 31-1Starship Flight 14

1. T−00:50:00 Launch director verifies go for propellant load
2. T−00:36:33 Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
3. T−00:35:00 Start of liquid methane loading in the first stage
4. T−00:34:13 Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
5. T−00:34:11 Start of liquid methane loading in the second stage
6. T−00:21:40 Start of engine chilling
7. T−00:02:50 End of propellant loading in the first stage
8. T−00:02:10 End of propellant loading in the second stage
9. T−00:00:30 Launch director verifies go for launch
10. T−00:00:17 Activation of the flame deflector ahead of engine ignition
11. T−00:00:03 Start of the engine ignition sequence
12. T+00:00:00 Excitement guaranteed
13. T+00:00:00 First upwards movement of the rocket
14. T+00:00:58 Maximum dynamic pressure
15. T+00:02:20 Cut-off of the main engine
16. T+00:02:22 Separation of the second stage from the first
17. T+00:02:27 Start of the booster boostback burn
18. T+00:03:07 End of the booster boostback burn
19. T+00:06:35 Start of the first stage landing burn
20. T+00:07:01 Landing of the first stage
21. T+00:08:11 First cut-off of the second engine
22. T+00:25:28 Orbital Insertion Burn Start
23. T+00:25:47 Orbital Insertion Burn End
24. T+00:34:18 Start of the payload deployment sequence
25. T+01:04:50 End of the payload deployment sequence.
26. T+08:52:18 Start of the ship's deorbit burn
27. T+08:52:29 End of the ship's deorbit burn
28. T+09:28:52 Start of the atmospheric re-entry
29. T+09:47:30 Starship passing through the transonic regime
30. T+09:48:07 Starship reaches a subsonic velocity
31. T+09:50:11 Start of the Starship orbital stage landing burn
32. T+09:50:13 Flip maneuver to set the orientation for landing
33. T+09:50:21 Ship landing burn engine(s) shutdown
34. T+09:50:28 Ship landing burn engine(s) shutdown
35. T+09:50:30 Landing of the Starship orbital stage

Window

28 Sep 2026 12:15 UTC – 28 Sep 2026 13:30 UTC

Pad

Orbital Launch Pad 2

Site

US SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Map

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Vehicle

Starship V3

Reusable

yes

Spacecraft

Ship 41 (S41) · 2nd flight

Destination

Low Earth Orbit

Booster

Booster 21 · first flight

Landing

Gulf of Mexico ✓

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• 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

Orbital launch

7,406th ever · 233rd of 2026

SpaceX

732nd launch · 113th this year

Pad

3rd from Orbital Launch Pad 2 · 3rd this year

Pad turnaround

65 days 13 h after its previous launch

COSPAR ID

2026-225

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Passes over you For a few days after launch the 26 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?

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

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