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SpaceX's megarocket reached orbit and delivered its first real cargo. The engine that nearly stopped it is now NASA's problem, too.
Eighteen years after Falcon 1 saved SpaceX, a 124-meter rocket reached low Earth orbit and released 26 Starlink V3 satellites. The mission worked. The hard part is repeating it.
On its 14th test flight, SpaceX’s Starship reached orbit for the first time, deploying a set of Starlink satellites. Jeff Foust reports on the long-awaited milestone and the push now to demonstrate the vehicle’s rapid reusability.