Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time on Flight 14

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SpaceX's 14th Starship test flight lifted off from Starbase, Texas at 7:48 a.m. CT on 28 September 2026 and became the first Starship to reach orbit, after 13 earlier flights that were all suborbital. One of the ship's six engines shut down during ascent; Starship still reached orbit and released 26 Starlink V3 satellites, the first of the new generation and its first operational payload. The flight was cut from a planned ten hours to about three: the ship deorbited and splashed down in the Pacific north of Hawaii, and the Super Heavy booster splashed down in the Gulf off Starbase instead of a tower catch.

Starship lifted off from Starbase at 7:48 a.m. CT on 28 September 2026, 33 minutes into a window that opened at 7:15, and reached orbit around 8:15 a.m. local time — the first time in 14 test flights, none of the 13 before it having been meant to^[2][3]
The FAA told CNBC it issued the “license authorization for the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Flight 14 launch and reentry operations” on 26 September, two days before launch^[2]
One of the ship's six engines failed during ascent, and about 22 minutes into the flight SpaceX decided it was safe to carry on to orbit^[3]
Twenty-six Starlink V3 satellites were placed in orbit, the first time functional Starlink satellites of the new generation have been carried by Starship; three carry cameras to record data on the heat shield^[3][4]
The plan was about six orbits over ten hours, but SpaceX ended the mission at its first scheduled checkpoint, about three hours after launch, and the ship splashed down in the Pacific north of Hawaii just before noon ET; SpaceX said it limited time on orbit “out of an abundance of caution” after the engine problem, and called the flight a success for reaching orbit and adding Starlink satellites^[4]
The Super Heavy booster separated, performed a boostback burn and made a “soft splashdown” in the Gulf off Starbase, rather than a return to the launch tower; ABC reports problems with two booster engines as well as the ship's^[3][4]
One Starship can carry 60 Starlink V3 satellites, about 20 times a Falcon 9 launch, and Starship is the only vehicle able to launch the larger V3 satellites; SpaceX did not comment on plans for the next flight^[2][4]
Starship is key to SpaceX's growth after its June IPO, the largest on record, which values it at about $2 trillion; it also underpins NASA's plan to land astronauts on the Moon, with an Orion docking test planned for Artemis III late next year^[2][3]
Before launch, Kalshi priced liftoff before 29 September at 55% and Polymarket put a launch by 30 September at 73%^[5][6]

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spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14
spacex.com· Publié le 20 sept. 2026· Début 28 sept. 2026· 14 % du score
CNBC^[2] and NPR^[3], 28 Sep 2026: liftoff at 7:48 a.m. CT from Starbase ("At 7:48 a.m. CT, Starship's Super Heavy booster ignited its 33 rocket engines"); Launch Library 2 records T-0 as 12:48:59 UTC, accurate to the second.
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SpaceX launches its massive Starship rocket into orbit for the first time - CNBC
cnbc.com· Publié le 28 sept. 2026· Début 28 sept. 2026 ✓· 15 % du score
CNBC reports Starship "reached orbit around 8:15 a.m. local time" after a 7:48 a.m. local liftoff from Starbase on 28 September, with the FAA confirming the Flight 14 licence was issued on 26 September.
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SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas - NPR
npr.org· Publié le 28 sept. 2026· Début 28 sept. 2026· 15 % du score
NPR: "At 7:48 a.m. CT, Starship's Super Heavy booster ignited its 33 rocket engines to send the spacecraft on its 14th flight", adding the ship's engine failure on ascent and the go for orbit about 22 minutes in.
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SpaceX Starship splashes down after successful 1st orbital flight test - ABC News
abcnews.com· Publié le 28 sept. 2026· 15 % du score
Post-flight report: 26 Starlink V3 satellites deployed, flight cut to about three hours, ship splashdown in the Pacific north of Hawaii, booster soft splashdown in the Gulf.^[1]
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Kalshi: SpaceX Starship 14th launch?
kalshi.com· Ajouté le 20 sept. 2026· 14 % du score
Kalshi runs a dated ladder on the 14th flight: before September 29 last traded at 55c and before September 30 at 70c, pricing a launch on or about September 28 as the likeliest single outcome while leaving real slip risk.

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SpaceX's 14th Starship test flight lifted off from Starbase, Texas at 7:48 a.m. CT on 28 September 2026 and became the first Starship to reach orbit, after 13 earlier flights that were all suborbital. One of the ship's six engines failed during ascent; about 22 minutes into the flight SpaceX judged it safe to continue, and Starship began releasing 26 Starlink V3 satellites, the first of the new generation and Starship's first operational payload. The Super Heavy booster made a soft splashdown in the Gulf off Starbase instead of a tower catch. The ship was planned to fly about six orbits at roughly 275 km over nearly 10 hours before splashing down in the Pacific west of Chile.
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Starship lifted off from Starbase at 7:48 a.m. CT on 28 September 2026, 33 minutes into a window that opened at 7:15, and reached orbit around 8:15 a.m. local time — the first time in 14 test flights, none of the 13 before it having been meant to
The FAA told CNBC it issued the “license authorization for the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Flight 14 launch and reentry operations” on 26 September, two days before launch
One of the six engines on the ship failed during ascent, and about 22 minutes into the flight SpaceX decided it was safe to carry on to orbit
SpaceX began releasing the 26 Starlink V3 satellites around 8:25 a.m. local time; three of them carry cameras to record data on Starship's heat shield
The Super Heavy booster made a “soft splashdown” off Starbase, simulating an offshore landing in the Gulf rather than a return to the launch tower
The flight plan is about six orbits at roughly 170 miles over 10 hours, ending in a Pacific splashdown off Chile; SpaceX built in points where Starship could abort its orbital trajectory and return safely
One Starship can carry 60 Starlink V3 satellites, about 20 times a Falcon 9 launch, and Starship is the only vehicle able to launch the larger V3 satellites
Starship is key to SpaceX's growth after its June IPO, the largest on record, which values it at about $2 trillion; it also underpins NASA's plan to land astronauts on the Moon, with an Orion docking test planned for Artemis III late next year
Before launch, Kalshi priced liftoff before 29 September at 55% and Polymarket put a launch by 30 September at 73%
- SpaceX Starship splashes down after successful 1st orbital flight test - ABC Newsabcnews.comCONFIANCE 88 %
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Starship launches Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time on Flight 14
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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. Lifts off from Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA to Low Earth Orbit. The booster is due to land at Gulf of Mexico.
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SpaceX is targeting Starship Flight 14 no earlier than 28 September 2026 from Starbase, with FAA launch licence approval for the first planned orbital profile named as the main near-term catalyst
The target date has moved: a Florida Today piece of 16 September said “SpaceX's first attempt to launch its Starship rocket into orbit could come as early as Sept. 22 in South Texas”, while the market summary updated on 20 September gives no earlier than 28 September
Kalshi's date ladder has the flight launching before 29 September at 55%, before 30 September at 70% and before 1 October at 72%, on $227,921 of volume in a market opened on 17 September 2026
Kalshi contradicts itself on the first of those: the list shows “Before Sep 29, 2026” at 55% while the order ticket beside it reads “Odds 57% chance”
Polymarket's equivalents put a launch by 26 September at 1%, by 30 September at 73% and by 31 October at 96%
On the flight itself, Polymarket prices a successful controlled splashdown of the upper stage at 83% and a Super Heavy booster explosion at 89% — though that market counts an explosion “at any point during the test from the start of fueling operations to 60 minutes after it makes contact with Earth upon landing”, including a planned termination event
A chopsticks catch is all but ruled out for this flight: the booster catch trades at 1% and the Starship catch at 3%, consistent with an offshore booster landing and an ocean splashdown; the Starship-catch market is nonetheless the page's largest by volume at $462,614
The planned profile: the Block 3 Super Heavy booster and Ship 41 attempt orbital insertion at roughly 275 km, then deploy 26 operational Starlink V3 satellites — “the first revenue-generating payload” — followed by a single-Raptor deorbit burn and a controlled Pacific splashdown
Hardware upgrades for this flight address Flight 13 issues, including improved engine filtering and relight reliability on the booster plus enhanced tile retention
The stakes are framed as orbital: Starship “has not reached orbit in more than three years of flight tests. That could be about to change with flight 14”
Kalshi counts the launch date as “the calendar date on which liftoff occurred, measured in the local timezone of the launch site, as publicly confirmed by SpaceX”, and carries a notice that the series “has transitioned to the LAUNCH contract”
Polymarket counts the attempt only if the rocket lifts off the pad, with any subsequent anomaly having no bearing on the launch-date outcome, and every market resolving “No” if the 14th launch has not happened by 30 June 2027
Polymarket's page disagrees with itself about when it opened, the details panel giving 1 September 2026 and the FAQ 31 July 2026, on total volume of $703,371
- SpaceX launches its massive Starship rocket into orbit for the first time - CNBCcnbc.comCONFIANCE 92 %Indique 28 sept. 2026
- SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas - NPRnpr.orgCONFIANCE 90 %Indique 28 sept. 2026

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Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time on Flight 14

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Starship lifted off from Starbase at 7:48 a.m. CT on 28 September 2026, 33 minutes into a window that opened at 7:15, and reached orbit around 8:15 a.m. local time — the first time in 14 test flights, none of the 13 before it having been meant to^[2][3]
The FAA told CNBC it issued the “license authorization for the SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Flight 14 launch and reentry operations” on 26 September, two days before launch^[2]
One of the ship's six engines failed during ascent, and about 22 minutes into the flight SpaceX decided it was safe to carry on to orbit^[3]
Twenty-six Starlink V3 satellites were placed in orbit, the first time functional Starlink satellites of the new generation have been carried by Starship; three carry cameras to record data on the heat shield^[3][4]
The plan was about six orbits over ten hours, but SpaceX ended the mission at its first scheduled checkpoint, about three hours after launch, and the ship splashed down in the Pacific north of Hawaii just before noon ET; SpaceX said it limited time on orbit “out of an abundance of caution” after the engine problem, and called the flight a success for reaching orbit and adding Starlink satellites^[4]
The Super Heavy booster separated, performed a boostback burn and made a “soft splashdown” in the Gulf off Starbase, rather than a return to the launch tower; ABC reports problems with two booster engines as well as the ship's^[3][4]
One Starship can carry 60 Starlink V3 satellites, about 20 times a Falcon 9 launch, and Starship is the only vehicle able to launch the larger V3 satellites; SpaceX did not comment on plans for the next flight^[2][4]
Starship is key to SpaceX's growth after its June IPO, the largest on record, which values it at about $2 trillion; it also underpins NASA's plan to land astronauts on the Moon, with an Orion docking test planned for Artemis III late next year^[2][3]
Before launch, Kalshi priced liftoff before 29 September at 55% and Polymarket put a launch by 30 September at 73%^[5][6]

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Références 7CONFIANCE 86 %Confiance globale: 86%Dans quelle mesure la source et les références du pin étayent ses dates.Moyenne pondérée de la fermeté avec laquelle 7 références, source comprise, étayent les heures de début et de fin de l’épingle ; une référence compte moitié moins pour chaque tranche de 180 jours d’ancienneté par rapport à la plus récenteAfficher toutes les épingles à 75 % de confiance ou plus

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spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14
spacex.com· Publié le 20 sept. 2026· Début 28 sept. 2026· 14 % du score
CNBC^[2] and NPR^[3], 28 Sep 2026: liftoff at 7:48 a.m. CT from Starbase ("At 7:48 a.m. CT, Starship's Super Heavy booster ignited its 33 rocket engines"); Launch Library 2 records T-0 as 12:48:59 UTC, accurate to the second.
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SpaceX launches its massive Starship rocket into orbit for the first time - CNBC
cnbc.com· Publié le 28 sept. 2026· Début 28 sept. 2026 ✓· 15 % du score
CNBC reports Starship "reached orbit around 8:15 a.m. local time" after a 7:48 a.m. local liftoff from Starbase on 28 September, with the FAA confirming the Flight 14 licence was issued on 26 September.
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SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas - NPR
npr.org· Publié le 28 sept. 2026· Début 28 sept. 2026· 15 % du score
NPR: "At 7:48 a.m. CT, Starship's Super Heavy booster ignited its 33 rocket engines to send the spacecraft on its 14th flight", adding the ship's engine failure on ascent and the go for orbit about 22 minutes in.
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SpaceX Starship splashes down after successful 1st orbital flight test - ABC News
abcnews.com· Publié le 28 sept. 2026· 15 % du score
Post-flight report: 26 Starlink V3 satellites deployed, flight cut to about three hours, ship splashdown in the Pacific north of Hawaii, booster soft splashdown in the Gulf.^[1]
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Kalshi: SpaceX Starship 14th launch?
kalshi.com· Ajouté le 20 sept. 2026· 14 % du score
Kalshi runs a dated ladder on the 14th flight: before September 29 last traded at 55c and before September 30 at 70c, pricing a launch on or about September 28 as the likeliest single outcome while leaving real slip risk.