Super Heavy-Starship rocket chalks up mostly successful test flight
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SpaceX launched Starship Flight 13 from Starbase, Texas, atop Super Heavy's 33 Raptor engines, marking the second flight of Starship V3. The vehicle carried 20 V3 Starlink satellites and reportedly achieved its softest splashdown yet, while onboard cameras tested heat shield imaging ahead of future launch-site return attempts.
Powered by 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines, the 397-foot-tall two-stage rocket blasted off from SpaceX's "Starbase," Texas, launch site at 5:51 p.m. EDT, putting on a spectacular show for area residents and tourists as it climbed away atop some 16 million pounds of thrust.
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