SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure

SpaceX deployed first-generation V3 Starlink satellites via Starship but suffered a second Super Heavy booster failure during attempted recovery. The booster explosion follows engine failures on the previous launch attempt and marks continued setbacks in achieving full rocket reusability, which SpaceX says is essential to Starlink economics.

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