SpaceX plans to deploy a payload of Starlink satellites for the first time while in orbit. After the launch, SpaceX will attempt to catch the Super Heavy booster back at the launch pad, and Starship will eventually make a splashdown landing in the Indian Ocean. Due to the experimental nature of the rocket, the launch could be delayed.

SpaceX on Thursday launched its biggest Starship prototype rocket yet in a seventh test mission from Texas that will attempt to deploy the rocket's first mock satellites in space, a company live stream showed.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket could finally be flying on its first flight test of the year as soon as Thursday afternoon. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a launch license for the next Starship flight test on Dec.

A SpaceX Starship prototype failed in space on Thursday minutes after launching from its rocket facilities in Texas, cutting short a test mission that was to include a debut attempt to deploy satellites.

The company launched its Starship megarocket for the seventh time ever today (Jan. 16), sending the 403.5-foot-tall (123 meters) reusable vehicle aloft from its Starbase site in S