{"id":618336,"date":"2026-10-02T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/618336\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:02:16","slug":"on-flight-14-spacex-starship-reaches-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/618336\/","title":{"rendered":"On Flight 14, SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Irene Klotz<\/a>
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A SpaceX Starship reached orbit for the first time on Sept. 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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There was a moment when SpaceX’s Starship Flight 14 was going to end early, nixing the mission\u2019s primary goal to reach orbit for the first time. Eleven minutes after launch on Sept. 28 and with 10 min. remaining before Starship\u2019s scheduled burn to reach orbit, SpaceX mission commentator Dan Huot…<\/p>\n

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Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.<\/p>\n

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