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SpaceX has launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time and successfully delivered the newest and most advanced Starlinks yet. But flight controllers brought the spacecraft back to Earth early Monday instead of making six full laps around Earth as originally planned. Starship descended into the…
The orbital milestone comes on what is the 14th launch of the powerful rocket.
SpaceX fitted Starship's first-stage booster with 33 engines, enough to make you wonder how it compares with the most powerful rockets humans have ever built.