WORLDTECHLaunch preview: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship
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The orbital launch attempt of the 124-meter-tall (407 ft) rocket comes 18 years after the company’s first launcher, the Falcon 1, reached orbit for the first time. The mid-morning mission is the 14th launch of the integrated Starship-Super Heavy rocket.
The first planned orbital flight of a Starship-Super Heavy rocket aims to send 26 Starlink Version 3 into low Earth orbit (the band of space closest to Earth, where most satellites fly). Liftoff from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, is scheduled during a 75-minute window that opens at 7:15 a.m. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne, and its products and services include Falcon.
SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy rocket stands at Pad 2 at Starbase prior to the Starship Flight 14 mission. Each of the previous 13 flights were intentionally flown on sub-orbital trajectories.
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- Spaceflight Now Reporting source
Launch preview: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship ↗
https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/09/28/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-first-starlink-v3-satellites-to-orbit-on-starship/