SpaceX launches Starship rocket as it aims to orbit around Earth for first time
- On Monday, SpaceX launched its 400-foot Starship from Texas, successfully reaching orbit for the first time despite losing one engine during ascent. "Starship is orbital," Mission Control announced to cheers.
- The 14th full-scale launch from Texas saw all 33 Raptor engines ignite, generating roughly 16 million pounds of thrust. SpaceX previously conducted 13 suborbital tests, roughly half ending in explosions as engineers refined the hardware.
- Founder Elon Musk's rocket carried 26 advanced Starlink satellites to a 275 km altitude, where the craft plans to circle Earth six times over 10 hours. The satellites carry ten times the capacity of earlier models.
- The Super Heavy booster achieved a "fairly soft" splashdown in the Gulf after separating from the upper stage. SpaceX aims to certify the vehicle for NASA's Artemis IV mission, slated for no sooner than 2028.
- Musk emphasized extreme caution regarding debris over land, stating "our popularity would diminish very rapidly" if the spacecraft breaks apart over populated areas. SpaceX plans to phase out the Falcon rocket within several years as Starship proves its reusability.
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SpaceX managed to put into Earth orbit this Monday the Starship, in the fourteenth flight test of the powerful ship, a "huge milestone" for the company of Elon Musk and the program that opens the way to its goal of achieving a completely reusable system. The flight took off at 8:49 an hour from the coast [...] Elon Musk's Megacohete Starship entry reaches Earth orbit for the first time was first published in HispanoPost.
For its fourteenth pilot flight on Monday, 28 September, SpaceX's heavy launcher placed 26 new satellites in orbit for the first time, allowing Starlink to increase its dominance in the provision of the Internet from space.
SpaceX's most powerful Starship rocket has reached Earth orbit for the first time in three years after its first launch, after launching from Texas. It has already successfully deployed 26 new Starlink satellites. The rocket is then expected to land in the Pacific Ocean a little more than three hours after the launch.
SpaceX has successfully launched the Starship spacecraft into orbit.
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