Starship reaches Earth orbit for the first time

On September 28, SpaceX conducted the 14th test flight of Starship, successfully placing the spacecraft into Earth orbit for the first time.

The mission also deployed 26 Starlink V3 communications satellites into orbit.

Although the mission was initially planned to last 10 hours, it was shortened to three hours due to an early shutdown of one of the Raptor engines.

Despite the reduced flight duration, all key objectives were successfully achieved.

High-resolution footage of the launch and flight is available for download via the link on the company's official account.