Starship launches in 13th test flight
Posted: Sun, Jul 26, 2026, 7:38 AM ET (1138 GMT)
SpaceX launched its Starship vehicle on its 13th test flight Friday. Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas, at 6:51 pm EDT (2251 GMT) after the first launch attempt eight days earlier was aborted at the last second when several Raptor engines failed to ignite. During the suborbital test flight, Starship deployed 20 functioning Starlink V3 satellites, putting them through a brief set of tests before the satellites reentered. Starship also performed a relight of a Raptor engine in space before reentry. The 65-minute test flight concluded with a splashdown in the Indian Ocean, with the vehicle remaining intact. The Super Heavy booster, though, suffered engine malfunctions during its attempt to perform a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
SpaceX launched its Starship vehicle on its 13th test flight Friday. Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas, at 6:51 pm EDT (2251 GMT) after the first launch attempt eight days earlier was aborted at the last second when several Raptor engines failed to ignite. During the suborbital test flight, Starship deployed 20 functioning Starlink V3 satellites, putting them through a brief set of tests before the satellites reentered. Starship also performed a relight of a Raptor engine in space before reentry. The 65-minute test flight concluded with a splashdown in the Indian Ocean, with the vehicle remaining intact. The Super Heavy booster, though, suffered engine malfunctions during its attempt to perform a soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
Related Links:
| <<previous article | next article>> |
|
news in brief
|
|
Blue Origin announces new upper stage and engine for New Glenn
Posted: Sat, Nov 7 12:07 PM ET (1707 GMT) |
|
news links
|
|
Sunday, November 8
Interstellar Technologies selected for Space Strategic Fund’s Acceleration of Commercial Rocket Launch Demonstration Program
Interstellar Technologies — 1:19 pm ET (1819 GMT) Orbital Lasers Signs R&D Contract with JAXA to develop LiDAR Altimeter Payload for HTV-X Demonstration
Orbital Lasers — 1:19 pm ET (1819 GMT) AAC Clyde Space scales maritime data services with two additional Sedna satellites
AAC Clyde Space — 1:18 pm ET (1818 GMT) How Does Sand Flow on the Moon? Bremen’s GraviTower Enables New Insights for Future Space Missions
ZARM — 1:18 pm ET (1818 GMT) AT&T and AST SpaceMobile: Engineering the Connected World, One Handoff at a Time
ATT — 1:17 pm ET (1817 GMT) |
