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SpaceX’s first V3 Starship reached space, dropped 22 mock satellites, and splashed down in the Indian Ocean — even as one engine threatened to tear it apart

SpaceX’s biggest and most powerful Starship yet thundered off the pad in South Texas in late May 2026, muscled its way to space on a cluster of next-generation Raptor engines, released 22 satellite ...
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SpaceX’s Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight

SpaceX launched the first test flight of its upgraded Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster Friday, with mostly positive results. The powerful rocket, propelled by 33 methane-fueled main engines, ...
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Starship V3 Fires All Its Raptor Engine in Full Duration, Full Thrust Burn for the First Time

Slowly but surely, SpaceX is moving closer to the moment when it will launch, for the first time, the third iteration of the Super Heavy booster and the Starship it carries on its top. And one major ...