SpaceX’s Starship 13 Suborbital Flight Deploys Live Satellites, Tests Heat Shield
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SpaceX’s 13th Starship suborbital flight (V3) deployed 20 live Starlink V3 satellites and completed tests of solar arrays and antennas, including a longer 14-second Raptor relight, after fixes addressed earlier turbopump issues; the Starship upper stage reentered and made a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean, marking progress toward orbital flights on Flights 14 (orbital) and 15 (Florida) if this mission continues to go well.
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