SpaceX's supersized Starship reaches orbit, but flight cut short
SpaceX's enlarged Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas, on Monday and reached orbit for the first time, deploying 26 advanced Starlink V3 satellites — about ten Falcon 9 missions' worth of bandwidth in a single launch.
Flight controllers pressed on despite one of six Raptor engines shutting down early, but cut the flight short for safety; the spacecraft reentered over the Pacific and splashed down north of Hawaii three hours later, tipping over and bursting into flames.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman congratulated SpaceX on the milestone for the Artemis moon programme.
Originally reported by Phys.org (AP). Article compiled by the Deccan Age desk.
