Overview
- SpaceX completed a full wet dress rehearsal on Sept. 24 and has Booster 21 and Ship 41 stacked at Starbase for a 75-minute launch window that opens at 7:15 a.m. CT on Monday, Sept. 28.
- The flight cannot proceed without a launch license from the Federal Aviation Administration and mission controllers will run in‑flight redundancy and health checks before attempting the orbital insertion burn.
- Engineers applied targeted fixes after Flight 13, including improved engine filtering, new relight software for Super Heavy, added fasteners and redesigned tiles on Ship 41, and the mission will fly two recovered heat‑shield tiles for the first time.
- The planned profile calls for booster separation about two and a half minutes after liftoff with Super Heavy aiming for a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, an orbital insertion burn for Ship roughly 25–30 minutes into flight, deployment of 26 Starlink V3 satellites and a Ship splashdown in the Pacific west of Chile after about six orbits.
- If Flight 14 reaches orbit and deploys the satellites, SpaceX would gain a revenue‑generating Starship mission that could accelerate shifting launches from Falcon 9 to Starship and influence NASA’s lunar landing plans and Starlink’s global capacity.