SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit for the First Time on Flight 14
SpaceX’s Starship reached Earth orbit for the first time on September 28, 2026, lifting off at 12:48:59 UTC from Starbase, Texas, on Flight 14. The upper stage, Ship, deployed all 26 Starlink V3 satellites it carried successfully before completing a deorbit burn roughly three hours into the flight and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean…
