SpaceX Starship to attempt first orbit and deploy 26 Starlink satellites

Starship is built to reach orbit, the speed that lets a spacecraft circle Earth instead of falling straight back, and it will try that for the first time on Monday. The flight should lift off from Texas, release 26 Starlink internet satellites, circle Earth six times and land in the Pacific. It also tests engines and a heat shield that must survive re-entry.

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