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2026-09-16 11:48:08
[SpaceX plans to conduct the 14th test flight of its Starship heavy-lift rocket on September 22, making its first attempt to put Starship into orbit and send 26 Starlink V3 satellites into orbit] (1) SpaceX announced on the 15th that it plans to conduct the 14th test flight of its Starship heavy-lift rocket on September 22, making its first attempt to put Starship into Earth orbit and sending 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites into orbit. (2) The launch window will open at 7:15 a.m. Central Time on the 22nd (8:15 p.m. Beijing Time on the 22nd), and Starship is scheduled to launch from its launch site in southern Texas. (3) During this orbital mission, Starship will fly at an altitude of about 275 kilometers above the Earth's surface for about 10 hours, orbiting the Earth about 6 times, and finally splashing down in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile. (4) SpaceX stated that previous Starship test flights were all suborbital flights, while this will be the first attempt to achieve Earth orbit, marking a significant step towards Starship's goal of full and rapid reusability. (5) The Starship rocket is approximately 120 meters long and 9 meters in diameter, consisting of two parts: the first stage is the approximately 70-meter-long Super Heavy booster, and the second stage is the Starship spacecraft. The rocket is designed to send people and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, and even Mars.
