SpaceX (SPCX) is about to launch Starship for the 14th time today. You can watch multiple live streams from SpaceX’s official X channel and a couple of YouTube channels below.
Flight 14 Starship launch and landing test was originally scheduled to lift off at 7:15 AM Central Time, but it has been delayed by 39 minutes. Now, Starship is expected to launch at 7:48 AM Central Time (8:48 AM Eastern Time).
SpaceX updated the new timeline for liftoff around 5:50 AM CT. However, the official live webcast is going to start on time.
If Starship enters orbit successfully today, the live webcast will continue for around 10 hours as Starship coasts in space and deploys 26 Starlink V3 satellites.
You can also read live text updates below as major events happen during the entire launch (around 10 hours from liftoff).
Flight 14 is the 3rd launch and landing test of the Starship V3 generation. I have labeled the fully stacked Starship V3 in the following image to help you understand the spacecraft’s major components. It will help you understand the live webcast as you get used to the terminology.
Starship Official Live Webcast
Starship’s 14th flight is set to launch on Monday, Sept 28. The 75-minute launch window opens at 7:15 a.m. CT. Live coverage of the mission starts ~35 minutes before launch → https://t.co/uQKQvgaTmJ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 27, 2026
Live Stream by NasaSpaceFlight.com (YouTube)
Live Stream by Everyday Astronaut
Live Updates (text commentary)
- SpaceX is now targeting 7:48 AM Central Time for the Flight 14 launch
- Teams will soon begin loading Starship with ~12 million pounds of liquid oxygen and liquid methane (~5,000 tons of propellant)
- Starship upper stage is going to attempt an orbital entry and coast for the first time
- According to NasaSpaceFlight.com, the weather in South Texas is favorable for the Flight 14 launch
- If successfully deployed to orbit today, a single Starship will deploy ~10 times the bandwidth (~26 terabytes) with 26 Starlink V3 satellites compared to a Falcon 9 rocket (watch SpaceX short video below)
- Booster 21’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 of America
- If today’s milestones are met, SpaceX will attempt to catch the upper stage Starship in one of the upcoming flights
- Some of the Flight 13 heat shield tiles are reused on the Flight 14 Starship upper stage
- Starship upper stage is going to float freely in orbit today in case of a successful insertion
- T-4 minutes, tracking no issues
- If there’s a technical issue, SpaceX will hold at T-60 seconds
- A hold and countdown recycle can happen at any time
- No hold at T-60 seconds
- Successful liftoff
- 33 out of 33 engines lit on Super Heavy Booster 21
- ~T+1 minutes, Starship reached maximum dynamic pressure (MaxQ)
- Stage separation at T+2 minutes 31 seconds
- SpaceX will attempt to light 13 Raptor engines on Booster 21 for a landing burn in the Gulf of America (near the coast of Starbase, Boca Chica, Texas)
- Starship upper stage has crossed the speed of 10,000 km/h (6,213 mph)
- T+7 minutes: Super Heavy Booster 21 made a successful soft splashdown landing
- T+8 minutes 24 seconds: Flight 14 Starship cuts off all engines (SECO) and reaches space
- One of the RVac (vacuum-level) Raptor engines has malfunctioned during ascent burn on Flight 14 upper stage Ship 21
- All three sea-level engines on Ship 21 are working fine (the ones needed for orbital insertion and deorbit burn)
- T+18 minutes: SpaceX teams are deciding on attempting orbital insertion of Starship
- SpaceX has decided to go for orbit!
- ~T+25 minutes: a single sea-level Raptor 3 engine successfully ignited for orbital insertion
- T+26 minutes: successful Starship orbital insertion (Ship 41 is in orbit)
- T+35 minutes: first Starlink V3 deployed in orbit (1 of 26)
- After successful deployment from Starship, Starlink V3 satellites will unfold their antennas, deploy their solar arrays, and make contact with ground stations. This connectivity is done using radio frequency and laser links
- According to SpaceX, these Starlink V3 satellites should start serving customers within a few weeks of deployment (increased bandwidth and improved latency)
- SpaceX plans to deploy as many as 60 Starlink V3 satellites on future Starship missions
- At T+45 minutes, Starship is coasting in orbit at 26,380 km/h (16,392 mph) at an altitude of 274 km (170 miles)
- T+51 minutes: 15 out of 26 Starlink V3 satellites have been deployed in space
- Some of the Starlink satellites have already started communications with SpaceX stations
- After deploying all 26 Starlink satellites, SpaceX will reduce as much of power consumption on Starship as much as possible (shut down lights, cameras, and other electrical equipment onboard)
- T+ 1 hour 6 minutes: All 26 Starlink V3 satellites have been deployed in space
- Ship is now coasting in orbit to complete 6 orbit rounds (90 minutes each)
- At T+ 2 hours 12 minutes, Starship started the deorbit burn by reigniting a single Raptor engine
- Just a few seconds of deorbit burn began the ship’s descent back to Earth, Starship had a nominal return trajectory
- SpaceX gradually slowed down Ship 41 using the forward and aft flaps on its way back for a soft water landing
- At T+3 hours, 8 minutes, 13 seconds, SpaceX reignited three Raptor sea-level engines for the landing burn
- Starship made a successful soft splashdown landing at T+3 hours, 8 minutes, 27 seconds
- Mission accomplished!
Starlink V3 Deployment on Flight 14
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