SpaceX’s Starship rocket reaches orbit for the first time

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SpaceX’s Starship rocket reached Earth orbit for the first time — though not without some drama along the way. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is orienting the entire company around Starship. SpaceX planned to have the Starship upper stage orbit the Earth six times over the next nine hours while deploying 26 third-generation Starlinks into its constellation of internet satellites.

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