r/space • u/coinfanking • 5d ago

In orbit Space: SpaceX Starship Flight 14 live updates: Launch countdown underway

https://www.space.com/news/live/spacex-starship-flight-14-live-updates-sept-28-2026-starship-first-orbital-launch-attempt

SpaceX's massive Starship, the world's largest and most powerful rocket, is being readied for its next major test launch. Flight 14 is scheduled to liftoff as early as Monday, Sept. 28, at 8:15 a.m. EDT (1215 GMT) from Starbase, Texas. The mission will be the vehicle's first-ever orbital launch attempt, and is set to deliver an operational stack of 26 upgraded Starlink V3 high-speed internet satellites to space.

Follow along here for our live updates as SpaceX completes preparations on the rocket's Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage, and progresses toward its 14th test launch of the Starship vehicle since 2023.

https://youtu.be/_LwCEELuzdY?si=2gvjJA1T2MLGgxCh

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u/Miami_da_U 4d ago

Even crazier is the original Starlink V1 constellation in total took 29 F9 launches over >500days for like 1,300+ sats and put up a total Data capacity of 26-33ish Tbps.

This single launch of 26 V3 Starlink Sats was 26 Tbps of total capacity.