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SpaceX Starship Flight 14: SpaceX reports that Starship is on course, but will aim for a deorbit burn at the 2-hour, 12-min mark, for a splashdown now planned at 2 hrs, 47-min after liftoff in the northern Pacific. While that's shorter than the full 10 hours, Flight 14 will be the longest flight yet. For the latest, visit: space.com/news/live/spacex-s…

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Starship Flight 14: SpaceX's Ship 41 has successfully deployed all 26 Starlink V3 satellites into orbit, with laser-link connections being established now. SpaceX is about 20 min away from a decision point on whether to proceed for the full 10-hour or end the flight early. space.com/news/live/spacex-s…

Starship Flight 14: 'Starship is orbital'. That call from SpaceX's launch control comes as Ship 41 fired a single Raptor engine to enter orbit. 'Starship's in space. It's in orbit. That feels so good to say,' SpaceX's Dan Huot says. Next up: 26-Starlink satellite deploy

SpaceX Starship Flight 14: SpaceX's Ship 41 has opened its payload bay door as it begins deploying 26 new Starlink V3 satellites. This is the first operational deployment of these Starlinks by SpaceX. Follow the deployment live here: space.com/news/live/spacex-s…

Starship Flight 14: 'The Go-No Go poll for orbit has finished, and we are Go for orbit,' Dan Huot says. The crowd at SpaceX's Starbase has erupted in cheers.

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Starship Flight 14: SpaceX's orbital insertion burn is scheduled for the T+25 min, 17 seconds into the flight. We're currently just past 17 minutes into the flight. You can find a full mission timeline here: space.com/space-exploration/…

Starship Flight 14: SpaceX's Dan Huot - 'We are waiting for a final, final confirmation on if we're going to make the attempt to go to orbit today or not. Little extra drama as we go through this decision.' 'The second I know, I'll let all of you know,' Huot says.

Starship Flight 14: It seems like there's some doubt on whether SpaceX will try to still enter orbit. 'We are not going to do the additional burn that will send us into orbit, Dan Huot says. But now he's saying standby... 'We are not giving up yet,' Huot says. 'We will continue to hang out...edge of your seat.' - Tariq Malik @tariqjmalik

Starship Flight 14: MECO for Starship 41. SpaceX's Dan Huot says the mission team is eyeing the engine outage during the ascent today. Ship is on a suborbital trajectory currently, with an orbital insertion maneuver planned for later, if SpaceX commits to the full orbital flight.

Starship Flight 14: Splashdown 1! SpaceX's Starship Super Heavy has landed and splashed down in the Gulf off the coast of Starsbase, Texas. 1 of the 6 engines on Ship 41 has dropped out. SpaceX is running the other 5 a bit longer to compensate. Here's a view of the 1st stage landing

Starship Flight 14: SpaceX reports its Ship 41 Starship is on course for its current trajectory. Super Heavy booster is headed back to Earth for a soft-landing and splashdown attempt in the Gulf.

Starship Flight 14: LIFTOFF! SpaceX launches Starship on 1st-ever orbital flight. Stage separtion has gone as planned for the most part. SpaceX reports a few engines out on 1st stage Super heavy. Starship upper stage performing nominally.