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SpaceX’s Starship Flight 14 reaches orbit, delivers Starlink satellites

SpaceX flew a Starship into orbit for the first time Monday, but not before one of Ship 41’s engines quit, forcing a 20-minute hold while controllers decided whether the mission would go for orbit. Ship 41 was given the green light to push on to orbit, then released 26 Starlink version 3 (V3) satellites — the first time SpaceX has added working satellites to the network from Starship.

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