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Starship | Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)
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14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. 3rd flight of Starship V3 and the first Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of Starlink satellites known as Starlink Group 31-1) into stable Low Earth Orbit. The ship is expected to fly at an altitude approximately 275 km above Earth and complete approximately 6 orbits around the planet for nearly 10 hours, with splashdown targeted in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile. The booster’s primary test objective on Flight 14 will be executing a successful launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn, and landing burn at an offshore landing point …
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-13
Low Earth Orbit Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Sun-Synchronous Orbit Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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