Starship launches Starlink satellites, achieves most successful splashdown yet

SpaceX’s 13th integrated Starship flight test lifted off from Starbase, Texas.

The mission deployed 20 Starlink V3 satellites and successfully relit a Raptor engine in space.

The upper stage achieved SpaceX’s most controlled splashdown yet, but the Super Heavy booster was not recovered.

The test marks another step toward a fully reusable Starship and validates key tech for Starlink, NASA Artemis, and future deep-space missions.