SpaceX Sends Starship to Orbit and Deploys 26 Starlink V3 Satellites

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SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time on its 14th test flight and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, despite an upper-stage engine failure during ascent. The mission launched from Starbase near Brownsville, Texas, using a Super Heavy booster with 33 engines.

SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time on Monday, Reuters reported, deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites on the vehicle's 14th test flight after one of its six upper-stage engines failed roughly two and a half minutes into the mission. The Super Heavy booster ignited all 33 of its engines at 7:48 a.m. CT from SpaceX's Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas, sending the 40-story vehicle over the Gulf of Mexico before Starship separated and continued alone toward orbit. SpaceX's live stream initially reported the mission could not reach…