SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks
SpaceX used the test flight to check Starship’s heat shield and engine relight systems while all 20 Starlink satellites were deployed successfully.
- SpaceX's massive Starship rocket launched again from Texas, carrying 20 advanced Starlink satellites.
- NASA monitored the flight as a critical step towards using Starship as a lunar lander for moon missions.
- The booster aimed for the Gulf of Mexico while the spacecraft headed for the Indian Ocean after testing heat shields and communications.
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The largest rocket system in space history has successfully completed its 13th test flight. Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket launched in Texas, deployed 20 Starlink satellites and crashed into the sea as scheduled.
SpaceX's latest Starship launch is different. Here's what changed in best re-entry
SpaceX's latest Starship test flight delivered more than another launch, introducing engine fixes, advanced Starlink satellite deployment and what SpaceX called its best re-entry yet. The mission also advanced heat shield testing, supporting NASA's Artemis Moon programme while moving SpaceX closer to building a fully reusable rocket for future Moon and Mars missions.
SpaceX launches 13th Starship test, briefly deploys first upgraded Starlinks - The Tribune
SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifted off from Texas on Friday and briefly put its first 20 upgraded Starlink internet satellites into suborbital space, the company’s 13th test mission as it aims to begin routine service by the end of the year. The roughly 400-foot-tall (122-metre-tall) Starship rocket system blasted off around 6:50 p.m. ET from SpaceX’s […]
SpaceX successfully launched Starship and launched 20 of the newest Starlink satellites into orbit for the first time SpaceX conducted the 13th test flight of Starship, putting 20 next-generation Starlink satellites into orbit. The ship was successful crashed in the Indian Ocean, and the accelerator fell into the Gulf of Mexico.
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