SpaceX's Starship completed its first full orbit on Flight 14, deploying 26 satellites before an engine issue cut the mission short.

This is part of the design: Ultimately, SpaceX hopes the rockets will undergo speedy checks after landing, and then get immediately refueled and fly back into space. In an X post today, Musk agreed that within two to three years the rocket should be ready for hourly flights, taking off from multiple launch areas.

SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket reached orbit for the first time on Tuesday and deployed new Starlink satellites, achieving milestones in its 14th test flight despite an engine failure and a decision to cut the mission short.

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From reusable satellite covers to fuel-powered steering and tower catches, explore 7 ways SpaceX’s rockets differ from familiar designs.

After delaying the launch of the second Starship V3 mission only once earlier this month, SpaceX managed to send the rocket and its spacecraft off the launch pad at Starbase, Texas, and into the history books. That’s because this one was, for all intents ...