Starship reached orbit and deployed satellites, but its giant first-stage booster failed to return to the launch site
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, attempting to recover an entire orbital launch system for the first time in history.
The 124-meter (407-foot) Starship blasted off from the company’s Starbase facility in southern Texas on Friday, carrying 26 next-generation Starlink satellites into orbit.
The mission was designed to demonstrate that both stages of the giant rocket could return to the launch site and be caught by mechanical arms attached to the launch tower, allowing them to be…
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