World News Update: SpaceX set to launch Starship Flight 14 from Starbase, Texas; Trump expects more Iran talks this week

Launch: Starship Flight 14 / Starlink Group 31-1 (before liftoff)

Rocket

SpaceX Starship-Super Heavy (Starship Flight 14)

Launch site

Pad 2 (Orbital Launch Pad 2), Starbase, Texas

Time (CT)

75-minute window opens 7:15 a.m. CT Monday, Sept. 28 (8:15 a.m. ET / 1215 UTC) and closes about 8:30 a.m. CT. Backup opportunities: Tuesday, Sept. 29, and Wednesday, Sept. 30.

Result

Awaiting liftoff. SpaceX says a live webcast begins about 30 minutes before liftoff on its website and on X @SpaceX.

Cargo

26 Starlink Version 3 satellites (Starlink Group 31-1 / Starlink 31-1), the first planned Starlink V3 deployment; three carry extra cameras to image Starship’s heat shield.

Booster

Super Heavy booster B21 with Ship 41. SpaceX’s stated booster objectives include ascent, stage separation, boostback, and a landing burn at an offshore point in the Gulf of America; Spaceflight Now reports SpaceX will not attempt to recover either stage on this flight.

Our view Another step toward Mars: SpaceX says this is planned to be Starship’s first trip into Earth orbit — after 13 intentionally suborbital tests — so the company can start the next phase of making Starship fully and rapidly reusable for carrying people to Mars.

SpaceX says Ship 41 is expected to fly about 275 km above Earth for roughly six orbits over a nearly 10-hour flight, with splashdown targeted in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile if the orbital profile proceeds. The orbital insertion burn is planned only after flight controllers confirm enough redundancy for a later deorbit burn.

World news since the Sunday 9 PM brief

• Trump expects more Iran talks this week after rejecting Hormuz peace proposal; oil jumps President Trump told Axios he expects more talks with Iran this week, saying Tehran “overplayed” its hand and that its proposal is not the deal he wants, while keeping military options open. Brent crude rebounded more than 3% on Monday after he rejected Iran’s plan to resolve the conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported. (Reuters, Anadolu Agency, CBS News)
• Trump says U.S. worked with Britain on arrest of five men near RAF Fairford President Trump said American authorities worked with British security services in the arrest of five men near RAF Fairford in western England, telling reporters the suspects “were looking to do big damage to our ports.” UK Counter Terrorism Policing said the five were arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, and authorities declared a major incident that evacuated 85 households, Anadolu Agency reported. (Anadolu Agency)
• Zelenskiy says Ukraine struck Russian oil facilities in Krasnodar Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Monday that Ukraine’s military had struck Russian oil facilities in the Krasnodar region, Reuters reported amid the broader energy-market reaction to the Iran stalemate. (Reuters)

Earlier: the full Sunday 9 PM World Brief (Iran talks, Kyivstar strike, Starship Flight 14 preview)