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Flight 14 launch coverage and booster splashdown. The replay is not a live broadcast.
Watch on YouTube Playback loads YouTube when you press play. If embedding is unavailable, use the YouTube link.Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Tranche…
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
35th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commercial Resupply Services contract…
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Falcon Heavy · Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Launch Successful · Oct 1, 11:54 p.m. EDT
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s). This launch status does not establish every test objective or booster recovery outcome.
The Falcon Heavy side booster B1072 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 4th flight.
The Falcon Heavy side booster B1104 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 1 after its 2nd flight.
The Falcon Heavy center core B1106 will be expended.
Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · Launch Successful · Oct 1, 2:32 p.m. EDT ↗
Crew-13 · Launch Successful · Oct 1, 11:10 a.m. EDT ↗
Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14) · Launch Successful · Sep 28, 8:48 a.m. EDT ↗
Operating launch sites and planned facilities. Background reviewed September 28, 2026; this section is editorially maintained.
Starbase / Boca Chica: Starship launch and development site.
McGregor: engine and systems testing; not an orbital launch site.
Source & details ↗Falcon launch sites: Kennedy LC-39A and Cape Canaveral SLC-40.
Starship expansion: launch infrastructure and Gigabay integration facilities.
Source & details ↗Falcon 9 launch operations at Space Launch Complex 4E.
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Source & details ↗Planned Starship spaceport in Vermilion Parish; not an operating launch base.
Announced August 25, 2026. Construction target: 2027; first launch target: as early as 2029.
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Starship Flight 14 aims to deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites. SpaceX says each adds 1 Tbps, ~10x a V2 Mini launch. Specs, not measured user speeds yet.
Read on AI Shift NewsUpdate Sept. 27: the FAA issued the Starship Flight 14 launch license. NET Mon Sept. 28 with 26 Starlink V3s. A license is not a guaranteed launch.
Read on AI Shift NewsVietjet signed Starlink for free Wi-Fi on 120 jets first. Signing ≠ installed fleet; free Wi-Fi ≠ proven cabin speeds.
Read on AI Shift NewsSpaceX plans Starship Flight 14 for ~six orbits at ~275 km and 26 Starlink V3 sats — NET Sep 28 pending FAA. That’s the page plan, not a flown receipt.
Read on AI Shift NewsSpaceX ran a Starship Flight 14 wet dress rehearsal on B21+S41 at Pad 2. NET Sep 28 still pending FAA — WDR is fueling practice, not a launch commit.
Read on AI Shift NewsSpaceX heat shield tile bakery: ~1,000/day now, ~7,000/day goal. Flight 14 must still prove orbital reentry — fence “10X faster” as video packaging.
Read on AI Shift NewsHerbert and Lutz package Chamath’s “cellular money first” timing claim as SpaceX’s next massive business. EchoStar spectrum, FCC consent, and Shotwell’s true-mobile ambition are real enough to discuss — the YouTube title is not proof.
Read on AI Shift NewsThe Space Race maps dish → satellite → gateway — and lasers when Earth blocks the view. LEO physics and company docs are teachable. YouTube headcounts and endgame mythology are not the receipt.
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