SpaceX’s Starship 13 Suborbital Flight Deploys Live Satellites, Tests Heat Shield
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.