SpaceX successfully launched its Starship, but the vehicle was ‘lost’ after reentry
The third Starship test flight has fared far better than SpaceX’s previous two attempts. | Image: SpaceX SpaceX’s massive Starship took off from the company’s Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, at 9:25AM ET on Thursday morning. This test flight was far more successful than its two predecessors, as the vehicle became “the first Starship to complete its full-duration ascent burn” after the six Raptor engines powered it to its expected orbit. It completed the hot-staging separation from its Super Heavy booster and opened a payload door to demonstrate how it could be used for missions like delivering Starlink satellites into orbit. The vehicle remained in one piece until contact with the Starship spacecraft was lost shortly before its anticipated splashdown in the Indian Ocean. According to SpaceX, “The flight test’s conclusion... Continue reading…
SpaceX的Starship在德克萨斯州的Boca Chica发射场进行了第三次测试发射，但在印度洋着陆前失去了联系。这次测试比前两次更成功，完成了计划中的动作，并保持完整。Starship跳过了重新点燃引擎的步骤。这是SpaceX测试Starship火箭的第三次尝试，前两次分别在去年4月20日和之后爆炸起火。
