Overview
- SpaceX set Sept. 22 as its target for Flight 14, with a 75‑minute launch window opening at 7:15 a.m. Central Time.
- The mission will attempt the upper stage’s first orbital insertion, with Ship planned to complete roughly six orbits at about 275 km before a deorbit burn and splashdown west of Chile roughly 10 hours after launch.
- Flight 14 will carry up to 26 Starlink V3 production satellites, a payload SpaceX says would mark the vehicle’s first revenue‑generating flight.
- SpaceX says it has made hardware and software changes to the Super Heavy booster to address engine relight failures and ice clogging and has revised Starship’s heat shield after inspecting the recovered Flight 13 upper stage.
- The launch plan excludes a tower catch, calls for the booster to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico, and remains subject to FAA and FCC approvals, weather, and final vehicle readiness.