SpaceX celebrated a major leap forward on Tuesday night as its Starship rocket lifted off from Starbase in South Texas. This marked the vehicle’s 10th test flight—and its first mission carrying eight dummy satellites into orbit.
- Launch Site: Starbase, South Texas
- Payload: 8 dummy satellites
- Flight Duration: Over 1 hour in space
- Reentry & Splashdown: Indian Ocean as planned
- Next Goals: NASA moon missions & Mars ambition
Video captured by a buoy camera showed a spectacular fireball upon reentry, but mission controllers confirmed a clean splashdown in the Indian Ocean. For the global tech and space community, this success underscores the growing momentum behind commercial spaceflight.
With NASA already eyeing Starship for future moon landings, Elon Musk’s vision of using the vehicle to reach Mars comes into clearer focus. Young innovators, entrepreneurs, and space enthusiasts across the G20 are watching as SpaceX pushes the boundaries of what’s possible—one splashdown at a time.
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SpaceX's Starship splashes down into Indian Ocean as planned
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