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[](https://www.lightreading.com/author/jeff-baumgartner) [Jeff Baumgartner,](https://www.lightreading.com/author/jeff-baumgartner)Senior Editor,Light Reading September 28, 2026 4 Min Read (Source: SpaceX via Flickr, CC2.0) [](http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/starship-reaches-orbit-releases-26-high-capacity-v3-starlink-satellites)[](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/starship-reaches-orbit-releases-26-high-capacity-v3-starlink-satellites)[](http://www.twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/starship-reaches-orbit-releases-26-high-capacity-v3-starlink-satellites)[](https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=Starship%20reaches%20orbit%2C%20releases%2026%20high-capacity%20%27V3%27%20Starlink%20satellites%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lightreading.com%2Fsatellite%2Fstarship-reaches-orbit-releases-26-high-capacity-v3-starlink-satellites)[](mailto:?subject=Starship%20reaches%20orbit,%20releases%2026%20high-capacity%20'V3'%20Starlink%20satellites&body=I%20thought%20the%20following%20from%20Light%20Reading%20might%20interest%20you.%0D%0A%0D%0A%20Starship%20reaches%20orbit%2C%20releases%2026%20high-capacity%20'V3'%20Starlink%20satellites%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.lightreading.com%2Fsatellite%2Fstarship-reaches-orbit-releases-26-high-capacity-v3-starlink-satellites) It almost didn't happen, but Starship, SpaceX's heavy-duty rocket, successfully achieved orbit for the first time this morning. After achieving orbit, the vehicle proceeded to deploy 26 high-capacity "V3" Starlink satellites that will join Starlink's constellation and start to serve customers in the coming weeks. Achieving orbit and reaching some of the test flight's key objectives were in jeopardy early into the test flight as one of the engines of the upper-stage "Ship" part of the rocket containing the payload was lost during the ascent. Starship test flight 14 at liftoff. (Source: Screencapture of SpaceX live feed on September 28, 2026) For a few minutes, it appeared that the vehicle was not going to ignite the burn necessary to send it into orbit for the anticipated V3 deployment during Starship's 14 flight, which originated from the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. If Starship remained in a suborbital trajectory, the plan was to have it land in the Indian Ocean, as it did in the [prior test flight in late July](https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/starship-completes-first-test-flight-with-starlink-v3-satellites). Related:[Starship completes first test flight with Starlink 'V3' satellites](https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/starship-completes-first-test-flight-with-starlink-v3-satellites) "The team has made the call not to commit to orbit ... Definitely not the outcome we were all hoping to hear today," SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot said at the time on the company's live video feed of today's test flight. But he stressed that "we are not giving up yet on orbit." After running a series of additional checks, SpaceX changed its mind and determined about 22 minutes into the test flight that Starship was go for orbit and lit up a "Raptor" engine to send it there some three minutes later. ##### New 'V3' satellites to enter service soon About 12 minutes after that, the payload door opened to prepare for the deployment of the first of 26 V3 satellites, with each supporting about 1 Tbit/s of downlink capacity, 160 Gbit/s of uplink capacity – or a 10x improvement on the downlink and a 22x improvement on the uplink when compared to a Starlink V2 satellite. Starlink will look to expand capacity, add speed and extend its reach to residential and business customers as it scales up the deployment of V3 satellites. Those V3s were deployed via Starship's slot-like payload door like candies from a Pez dispenser. The prior Starship test flight deployed 20 V3s, but those satellites were "demised" and sent to burn up in the Earth's atmosphere following a series of tests. Starship deploys first Starlink 'V3' satellite during its September 28, 2026, test flight. (Source: Screencapture of SpaceX live video feed) After release, the V3s deployed today were to be instructed to unfold their antennas and their solar arrays, and then to raise their orbits via their onboard thrusters. SpaceX confirmed that Starlink had made contact with all 26 V3s deployed today. Related:[Next Starship flight test to put first 'V3' Starlink satellites into orbit](https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/next-starship-flight-test-to-put-first-v3-starlink-satellites-into-orbit) Following a suite of checks, SpaceX expects those V3s to start serving customers within a few weeks, but it didn't specify exactly when. Today's deployment represented a subset of what Starship is capable of launching. SpaceX noted that a fully loaded Starship can carry up to 60 V3s into orbit, and about 20x the capacity that can be delivered with the number of V2 satellites that can be sent up on a Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX will also lean on Starship to deploy its "Starmind" orbital AI data centers and to support future moon and Mars missions. The plan today is for Starship to complete six orbits. SpaceX will not try to "catch" the upper-stage Ship vehicle on this test flight. When that is achieved, it will represent another step toward the program's aim to become a rapidly reusable platform. Update: SpaceX cut the mission short after completing three hours in orbit (rather than ten). Today's Starship test flight ended in a [fiery splashdown](https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c6j9xkdvrd94o). (Source: Screencap of SpaceX live stream on September 28, 2026) "Out of an abundance of caution given the engine issue experienced during ascent, the flight control team decided to limit the duration spent on orbit and proceeded with deorbiting Starship to a splashdown location in the northern Pacific Ocean," SpaceX said in its [summary of the mission](https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-14). "This area was one of two pre-coordinated landing zones identified before launch that was cleared of sea and air traffic." The fiery result isn't a huge surprise. "[E]xplosions after booster and upper stage splashdowns are not indications of a problem, given Starship is not designed for landing in cold water," MoffettNathanson analysts explained in a research note. 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