SpaceX’s Starship Flight 14 is aiming for the rocket’s biggest milestone yet: reaching orbit for the first time. After 13 suborbital flights, Starship will attempt to achieve orbital velocity, deploy upgraded V3 Starlink satellites and ultimately return for a splashdown in the Pacific.
Success would mark a major step toward SpaceX’s plans for a rapidly reusable Starship, including NASA’s Artemis lunar missions. Here’s what makes Flight 14 different—and why reaching orbit is so important for Starship’s future.
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