
SpaceX's Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time on Flight 14
SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time on Flight 14 on September 28, 2026, deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, then splashed down in the Pacific.
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SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time on Flight 14 on September 28, 2026, deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, then splashed down in the Pacific.

SpaceX is targeting September 22 for Starship's first orbital flight, a roughly ten-hour mission that would deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites for the first time.