SpaceX Launches Starship on Milestone Orbital Test Flight

The world's largest rocket lifted off from Texas aiming to circle Earth six times and deploy 26 Starlink satellites.

SpaceX has launched its Starship vehicle from Texas on its first orbital mission, as reported by Romanian outlet Digi24 and Czech news site Seznam Zprávy. According to the reports, the primary objective of the flight is deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites into low Earth orbit.

Seznam Zprávy reported that the test flight is scheduled to last nearly ten hours, during which the craft is set to circle Earth six times. Digi24 noted that one of the spacecraft's engines shut down prematurely during flight, but the vehicle managed to compensate for the issue and complete its engine burn sequence.

Further details regarding the outcome of the mission have not yet been released.