Two-stage rocketship, taller than the Statue of Liberty, blasts off from Starbase launch site in Texas
Fighter jets fly past the SpaceX Starship before its launch at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas.
The launch came less than 24 hours after federal regulators granted SpaceX a launch licence for the test. Even if it achieves more of its test objectives than before, SpaceX acknowledged a high probability that Starship's latest flight would end up like the first two, with the vehicle blowing itself to bits before its intended trajectory is complete.
Closer to home, Mr Musk also sees Starship as eventually replacing the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as the workhorse in company’s commercial launch business that already lofts most of the world’s satellites and other payloads to low-Earth orbit. The second test flight in November made it farther than the first, and managed to properly achieve stage separation, but the spacecraft exploded about eight minutes after launch.
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