Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

Starship V3 · SpaceX

Monday, September 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM UTC

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.

Schedule confidence

LOW

Treat this date as provisional.

Why does RocketRune rate it this way?
  • Launch time published to the minute.
  • The date is published but not yet confirmed by the provider.
  • An official launch window has been published.
  • The launch time has held for 2 days.
  • The schedule has moved 5 times in the past fortnight.

This is a RocketRune assessment of how firm the published schedule is, not a prediction of launch success. It is calculated from the date precision and status published by the launch provider, plus the schedule changes RocketRune has recorded for this mission.

Where you can see it

BEST NEARBY VIEW
South Padre Island
Good · Look almost straight up
  • Nearly overhead, 85° above your horizon
  • Sky still bright, limited contrast behind the plume
  • 8 miles to the pad, south
CityDistanceLookElevation
South Padre IslandTexas8 mioverhead85°
BrownsvilleTexas22 mioverhead76°
HarlingenTexas36 mieast-southeast68°
McAllenTexas68 mieast-southeast53°
Corpus ChristiTexas126 misouth35°

Direction and elevation are calculated from the pad position and the published launch time. Cloud cover is not included here because a forecast changes faster than this page updates. The live tracker scores the sky over your own location.

Launch site
Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Vehicle
Starship V3
Provider
SpaceX
Orbit
LEO
Payload
Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)
Status
To Be Confirmed
Booster
Booster 21
Landing
Ocean
Vehicle height
124.4 m
Liftoff thrust
80,807 kN
Vehicle type flights
2
Vehicle type success rate
100.0%

What changed

  1. SEP 17 · 6:45 PM UTC
    Launch window changed
    Detected by RocketRune
  2. SEP 17 · 6:45 PM UTC
    Launch window changed
    Detected by RocketRune
  3. SEP 17 · 6:45 PM UTC
    Moved 1h earlier
    2026-09-28 13:15 UTC → 2026-09-28 12:15 UTC
    Detected by RocketRune
  4. SEP 17 · 5:30 PM UTC
    No longer confirmed, date to be confirmed
    Detected by RocketRune
  5. SEP 17 · 5:30 PM UTC
    Moved 6 days later
    2026-09-22 12:15 UTC → 2026-09-28 13:15 UTC
    Detected by RocketRune
  6. SEP 15 · 5:45 PM UTC
    Confirmed go for launch
    Detected by RocketRune
  7. SEP 14 · 2:15 PM UTC
    Moved 4 days later
    2026-09-18 12:15 UTC → 2026-09-22 12:15 UTC
    Detected by RocketRune
  8. SEP 11 · 9:00 PM UTC
    Date to be confirmed
    Detected by RocketRune

23 more entries in the full history of this launch. RocketRune Pro shows every change and every dated note.

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