{"id":244569,"date":"2026-09-28T09:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/4k-watch-the-first-orbital-starship-mission"},"modified":"2026-09-28T09:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:04:36","slug":"4k-watch-the-first-orbital-starship-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/4k-watch-the-first-orbital-starship-mission","title":{"rendered":"[4K] Watch the FIRST Orbital Starship Mission!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LeKY53pwArw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SpaceX is targeting Starship Flight 14 NET Monday, September 28, 2026 at 7:15 a.m. CT (12:15 UTC). This will be the FIRST orbital launch attempt of Starship with Ship 41 and Booster 21, carrying the first operational batch of 26 Starlink V3 satellites on a roughly 10-hour mission of about six orbits at around 275 km before a Pacific Ocean splashdown. Booster 21 will splash down in the Gulf after boostback, making this a major step from prior suborbital tests toward sustained orbit, payload ops, and eventual full reuse.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know why Starship\u2019s V3 Booster only has 3 grid fins instead of 4? Watch this!! \u2014 \u2022 The Genius Reason Why SpaceX Deleted A Gri\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Want to support what I do? Consider becoming a Patreon supporter for access to exclusive livestreams, our discord channel! \u2014 \/ everydayastronaut.<\/p>\n<p>Or become a YouTube member for some bonus perks as well! \u2014 \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/everydayastronaut\">@everydayastronaut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The best place for all your space merch needs!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/everydayastronaut.com\/shop\/\">https:\/\/everydayastronaut.com\/shop\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All music is original! Check it out anywhere you listen to music (Spotify, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc) by searching Everyday Astronaut.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/4k-watch-the-first-orbital-starship-mission\">Continue reading \u201c[4K] Watch the FIRST Orbital Starship Mission!!!\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX is targeting Starship Flight 14 NET Monday, September 28, 2026 at 7:15 a.m. CT (12:15 UTC). This will be the FIRST orbital launch attempt of Starship with Ship 41 and Booster 21, carrying the first operational batch of 26 Starlink V3 satellites on a roughly 10-hour mission of about six orbits at around 275 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,42,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","category-media-arts","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}