SpaceX launches its Starship rocket from Texas for its 13th test flight on Friday. Multiple outlets report the launch involves the Super Heavy first-stage booster separating to send the Starship upper stage onto a suborbital trajectory. The test is intended to demonstrate a range of onboard capabilities, with coverage noting the mission includes the rocket’s first suborbital deployments of newly built Starlink satellites. All sources describe the flight as a scheduled development test rather than an orbital mission, focusing on collecting performance data and validating systems during a suborbital flight profile. While the reports provide consistent accounts of the launch location, vehicle configuration and mission objective, they do not cite detailed results beyond the initial liftoff and trajectory. The test marks the latest in SpaceX’s ongoing Starship development campaign.
SpaceX launches Starship from Texas for 13th test flight
SpaceX launches its Starship rocket from Texas for its 13th test flight on Friday. Multiple outlets report the launch involves the Super Heavy first-stage booster separating to send the Starship upper...
- SpaceX’s Starship launches from Texas for its 13th test flight.
- The Super Heavy first stage sends the Starship upper stage on a suborbital trajectory.
- The mission is described as demonstrating multiple onboard capabilities.
- The flight includes the first suborbital deployment of new Starlink satellites.
SpaceX's Starship rocket lifted off from Texas on Friday in the company's 13th flight test to demonstrate an array of onboard capabilities, including the rocket's first suborbital deployments of new Starlink satellites.
2 hours agoSpaceX's Starship rocket has lifted off from Texas, with the Super Heavy first stage booster sending its Starship upper stage on a suborbital trajectory.
3 hours agoSpaceX's Starship rocket has lifted off from Texas, with the Super Heavy first stage booster sending its Starship upper stage on a suborbital trajectory.
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