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Starship | Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

Starship V3 launched the Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) mission for SpaceX from SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA on Sep 28, 2026 (UTC).

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Launch pad

Orbital Launch Pad 2 · SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

Starship | Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)

Launched Sep 28, 2026 9:48:59 PMSuccess

26 objects in orbit now

Flight direction

73° ENE

measured from the launched orbit · inclination 30.5°

Flight path

First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)

Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.

When to see this Starlink train

For a few days to weeks after launch, these satellites fly close together and show up as a line of lights gliding across the sky, one after another. If you saw a string of lights moving together, it was most likely a fresh Starlink launch like this one.

These satellites have already climbed to their working orbit and spread out, so they no longer look like a train. Newer launches may still be in a line.

Starlink trains in the sky now →Saw something else? What was that light? →

About the mission

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.

Mission description from Launch Library 2.

Objects from this launch still in orbit

Launch time (your time zone)
Mon, Sep 28 · 9:48:59 PM
Status
Success
Launch provider
SpaceX
Rocket
Starship V3
Mission type
Communications
Target orbit
LEO
Launch pad
Orbital Launch Pad 2 · SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA