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SpaceX’s Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks
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Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.
The 14th flight of the SpaceX Starship completed a brief mission around Earth and ended with a fiery splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Monday.
SpaceX's next-generation Starship rocket reached Earth orbit for the first time on Monday despite failure at one of its engines, overcoming this hitch...