After One Hiccup, SpaceX Reaches Orbit With Starship's 14th Launch
After a rocky ride to space on its 14th launch, SpaceX’s Starship rocket went where no other Starship has gone in almost 3.5 years of test launches: Earth orbit.For a few anxious minutes, it looked like this flight would follow the same suborbital trajectory as earlier missions. With one of six upper-stage engines shutting down early, flight controllers waved off the planned orbital-insertion burn. "We're only going to commit to orbit if everything is looking really healthy," launch communicator Dan Huot said on SpaceX’s livestream.
- ▪After a rocky ride to space on its 14th launch, SpaceX’s Starship rocket went where no other Starship has gone in almost 3.5 years of test launches: Earth orbit.For a few anxious minutes, it looked like this flight would follow the same sub
- ▪With one of six upper-stage engines shutting down early, flight controllers waved off the planned orbital-insertion burn.
- ▪"We're only going to commit to orbit if everything is looking really healthy," launch communicator Dan Huot said on SpaceX’s livestream.
7 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 6 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 2 lean left, 4 centre.
- ▪ Watch: SpaceX launches Starship rocket into orbit for first time — BBC News — Science
- ▪ SpaceX’s Starship rocket reaches orbit for the first time — TechCrunch
- ▪ SpaceX Launches Starship Into Orbit For The First Time — The Information
- ▪ ‘Starship is in orbit’: cheers go up as huge SpaceX rocket circles Earth for first time — The Guardian — World
- ▪ SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today — Space
- ▪ Watch Live as SpaceX’s Starship Attempts to Reach Orbit for the First Time — Gizmodo
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After a rocky ride to space on its 14th launch, SpaceX’s Starship rocket went where no other Starship has gone in almost 3.5 years of test launches: Earth orbit.For a few anxious minutes, it looked like this flight would follow the same suborbital trajectory as earlier missions. With one of six upper-stage engines shutting down early, flight controllers waved off the planned orbital-insertion burn. "We're only going to commit to orbit if everything is looking really healthy," launch communicator Dan Huot said on SpaceX’s livestream.
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