Starship aces wet dress ahead of Sept. 28 Flight 14 attempt
SpaceX completed a Starship wet-dress rehearsal ahead of the targeted Monday, Sept. 28 Flight 14 orbital attempt from Starbase, with plans discussed to deploy Starlink Version 3 satellites if the stack reaches orbit. Desk notes flag Starship aces wet dress ahead of Sept. 28 Flight 14 attempt as a live overnight wire.
SpaceX finished a wet-dress rehearsal for Starship Flight 14, Space.com and TechTimes reported, keeping a Monday, Sept. 28 window around 8:15 a.m. Eastern in play for the vehicle’s first orbital attempt profile discussed by the company.
Mission materials and reporting describe a planned deployment of roughly two dozen Starlink Version 3 satellites if orbital insertion succeeds. Starbase community closure notices and FAA licensing steps remain part of the pre-launch checklist.
Prior flight anomalies keep scrub risk elevated until propellant load and range weather clear. Accounts agree the wet dress is complete; they diverge on whether Monday’s window holds without a slip into early October.
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Where outlets agree Space.com and TechTimes agree the wet-dress rehearsal is done and Sept. 28 remains the public target.
Where they differ Scrub odds and final FAA/range clearance are still live variables.