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Ship 41 Completes Full-Duration Six-Engine Static Fire — Final Flight 14 Qualification Milestone

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Starship Ship 41 (V3) fired all six Raptor engines for a full-duration 60-second static fire at Starbase's Massey Outpost test stand early Aug 21, 2026 (~03:21 UTC), the vehicle's final major pre-flight qualification test ahead of Integrated Flight Test 14, following a single-engine deorbit-burn-demonstration static fire on Aug 19. Ship 41 was expected to return to Mega Bay 2 for final flight preparation. Booster 21 remains in Mega Bay 1 awaiting its own static fire before rolling to Pad 2, with the Flight 14 NET continuing to slip toward early-to-mid September.

SpaceX fires up Ship 41's six Raptor engines at Starbase ahead of Starship's planned first orbital flight
SpaceX fires up Ship 41's six Raptor engines at Starbase ahead of Starship's planned first orbital flight — Space.com