SpaceX’s showpiece Starship rocket reaches orbit for first time
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Summary
SpaceX’s largest rocket, Starship, successfully reached orbit for the first time after launching from Texas. Despite an engine shutting down early, the uncrewed rocket carried 26 Starlink satellites and completed several orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.Key Facts
- Starship is the biggest and most powerful rocket built by SpaceX.
- The launch took place from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas.
- One engine shut down early, but the rocket still reached orbit and completed six orbits.
- The rocket carried 26 new Starlink internet satellites to join over 11,000 existing ones.
- The first-stage booster was not recovered at the launch site but landed in the Gulf of Mexico.
- SpaceX aims to reuse Starship fully to reduce launch costs.
- NASA plans to use Starship in future moon missions, starting with Artemis III next summer.
- New launch sites for Starship are being developed in Florida and Louisiana.
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