Live coverage: SpaceX to launch first Starlink V3 satellites to orbit on Starship
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SpaceX is preparing the 14th test flight of Starship, launching from Orbital Launch Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, with a 75-minute window opening at 1215 UTC. The mission, the third flight of Starship V3, aims to deploy Starlink Group 31-1 satellites into low Earth orbit at about 275 km altitude, with the ship completing roughly six orbits before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile.
The first planned orbital flight of a Starship-Super Heavy rocket aims to send 26 Starlink Version 3 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff from Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas, is scheduled during a 75-minute window that opens at 7:15 a.m. CDT (8:15 a.m. EDT / 1215 UTC).
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