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Starship Flight 14

Monday, September 28, 2026 (No Earlier Than)

Starship Flight 14 is scheduled to launch from Starbase, Texas no earlier than Monday, September 28, 2026 at 7:15 a.m. CT Central time. A 'no earlier than' date is a target rather than a commitment, and Starship dates slip often. The closest public viewing is State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach while they are open, and South Padre Island, about five miles across the water, once the City of Starbase closes them for the launch.

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Boca Chica Beach

Boca Chica Beach is open.

State Highway 4

No road delays.

Viewing conditions

Fair

Workable, but expect punishing heat and a brisk wind.

Where to stand

  • Boca Chica Beach0.9 mi
  • Isla Blanca Park, South Padre Island4.8 mi
  • South Padre Island Beach Access8.0 mi

Straight line to the pad

Closures from the City of Starbase, Texas, read September 24, 2026 · Conditions from NWS station KPIL

Road Closures

Highway 4 & the beach

Viewing Spots

Where to watch

Launch Weather

Boca Chica forecast

Key facts

Launch date
No earlier than Monday, September 28, 2026
Launch site
Orbital Launch Pad 2, Starbase, Texas
Vehicle
Starship V3
Free public access
State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach, while open
Launch-day viewing
South Padre Island, about 5 miles from the pad
Who closes the road
The City of Starbase
Watch online
SpaceX webcast on X, plus the live pad camera below

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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.

Starbase Live

A live camera on the Starbase launch site and production area at Boca Chica, running continuously. It runs every day, not only on launch day. Press play for the pad as it looks right now.

Camera by NASASpaceflight. Not a SpaceX broadcast, and not affiliated with SpaceX. SpaceX carries its own webcast for Starship Flight 14 on X: @SpaceX.

Launch Timeline

  1. T−50:00SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load
  2. T−36:33Booster LOX (liquid oxygen) load underway
  3. T−35:00Booster fuel (liquid methane) load underway
  4. T−34:13Ship LOX load underway
  5. T−34:11Ship fuel load underway
  6. T−21:40Raptor begins engine chill on booster and ship
  7. T−02:50Booster propellant load complete
  8. T−02:10Ship propellant load complete
  9. T−00:30SpaceX flight director verifies GO for launch
  10. T−00:17Flame diverter activation
  11. T−00:03Booster engine startup command
  12. T−00:00Excitement guaranteed
  13. T+00:00Liftoff
  14. T+00:58Max Q (moment of peak aerodynamic stress on the rocket)
  15. T+02:20Super Heavy MECO (most engines cut off)
  16. T+02:22Hot-staging (Starship Raptor ignition and stage separation)
  17. T+02:27Super Heavy boostback burn start
  18. T+03:07Super Heavy boostback burn shutdown
  19. T+06:36Super Heavy landing burn start
  20. T+07:01Super Heavy landing burn shutdown
  21. T+08:11Starship engine cutoff
  22. T+25:17Starship orbital insertion burn start
  23. T+25:36Starship orbital insertion burn shutdown
  24. T+34:07Payload deploy start
  25. T+1:04:39Payload deploy complete
  26. T+8:52:37Deorbit burn start
  27. T+8:52:48Deorbit burn shutdown
  28. T+9:28:56Starship entry
  29. T+9:47:29Starship is transonic
  30. T+9:48:07Starship is subsonic
  31. T+9:50:11Landing burn start
  32. T+9:50:13Landing flip
  33. T+9:50:21Landing burn 3 to 2 engines
  34. T+9:50:28Landing burn 2 to 1 engine
  35. T+9:50:30An exciting landing!

Planned timeline · Source: SpaceX

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Starship Flight 14: FAQ

When is Starship Flight 14?

Starship Flight 14 is scheduled to launch from Starbase, Texas no earlier than Monday, September 28, 2026 at 7:15 a.m. CT Central time. A 'no earlier than' date is a target rather than a commitment, and Starship dates slip often. The closest public viewing is State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach while they are open, and South Padre Island, about five miles across the water, once the City of Starbase closes them for the launch.

Will the Starship Flight 14 launch date change?

Probably. Every Starship launch date is published as 'no earlier than', which means the flight will not happen before that date but may happen well after it. Weather, hardware readiness and Federal Aviation Administration clearance all move the target. This page re-reads the official date from the Launch Library 2 feed once a day, and every five minutes through the last day before launch, so a slip appears here without anyone editing the site.

Where can the public watch Starship Flight 14?

Not from the pad. There is no SpaceX viewing area at Starbase and no visitor center. While State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach are open you can drive the public road past the build site, but the City of Starbase closes both for every launch, so that is not an option on launch day itself. On launch day the public watches from South Padre Island, about five miles across the water, with Isla Blanca Park the closest of the marked spots.

Will Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach close for Starship Flight 14?

Yes. The City of Starbase closes State Highway 4 and Boca Chica Beach for every Starship launch, and normally files a backup window for the following day as well. Each closure is a signed mayoral order published by the city. Our road-closure page lists the windows currently on record and re-reads the city three times a day.

How can I watch Starship Flight 14 online?

SpaceX streams every Starship flight live on X and on YouTube, and the stream opens shortly before the launch window. SpaceX publishes the mission page and the stream link only once the date firms up, so for this flight there is no link to give yet.

How will I know if Starship Flight 14 is delayed?

Watch the countdown and the date on this page, both of which are re-read from the official feed rather than typed in. The closure schedule is a second signal, because the City of Starbase files a separate order for each launch attempt, including the ones that scrub.