Monday, August 31, 2026
SpaceX static-fires Super Heavy for Starship Flight 14
SpaceX completed a full-duration 33-engine static fire of the Super Heavy booster assigned to Starship Flight 14 at Starbase, Texas on August 28, 2026, posting video of the pad test the same day. The run follows a six-engine static fire of Flight 14's Ship last week and is a key ground-test gate before Starship's first planned orbital-class flight, which is also expected to deploy next-generation Starlink V3 satellites. Flight 14 has slipped past a late-August target toward mid-September, and SpaceX has already said it will not attempt a tower catch of the upper stage on this flight.
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