SpaceX Starship Flight 14 is being positioned for a late-September launch window, filings and regulatory notices reviewed by industry outlets show.
Public filings with the FCC and other regulatory paperwork reviewed by news sites outline an orbital mission profile for “Starship Flight 14,” with SpaceX targeting a date in late September, according to a TechTimes summary of the FCC filing and an industry report on keeptrack.space.
The Federal Aviation Administration told industry outlets it issued authorization tied to Flight 14 on Sept. 26, clearing certain launch and reentry activities, Aviation Week reported — a step regulators must take before a full launch license is issued.
Space.com reported that SpaceX is aiming to launch the mission around Sept. 28 and that the planned flight would deploy about 26 Starlink satellites and run roughly ten hours if the timeline holds.
Analysts have noted the market link between a firmed Starship date and SpaceX-related equities; earlier coverage in the site’s link pool tracked investor reaction to a reported launch date and its effect on SPCX stock.
What remains subject to change are final launch licensing steps and the exact NET (no-earlier-than) window; the FAA authorization reported on Sept. 26 clears regulatory hurdles but does not itself guarantee a liftoff time, Aviation Week’s coverage explains.
Sources
- Aviation Week — reported the FAA issued license authorization for Starship Flight 14 on Sept. 26.
- Space.com — reported a Sept. 28 target, a plan to deploy about 26 Starlink satellites and an estimated ~10-hour mission profile.
- TechTimes — summarized SpaceX’s FCC filing that outlined an orbital mission profile for Flight 14.
- keeptrack.space — flagged the FCC filing and earlier target-date reporting for Flight 14.
