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Starship, the world's most powerful rocket, flew further and faster than ever before during its third test launch Thursday, although it was eventually lost as it re-entered the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, SpaceX said.
Starship's third launch test in its fully stacked configuration was its most ambitious yet and the company said it was able to meet many of its objectives. But ground control stopped receiving signals 49 minutes into the flight, and declared the vessel"lost" – probably destroyed – before it could achieve a planned hard splashdown.
The second test in November 2023 fared slightly better: The booster separated from the spaceship, but both then exploded over the ocean, in what the company euphemistically called a"rapid unscheduled disassembly."
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