SpaceX launches Starship on 13th test flight, deploys first Starlink V3 satellites

SpaceX launched Starship on its 13th test flight, successfully deploying 20 Starlink V3 satellites for the first time and achieving its most successful upper-stage recovery to date, with the spacecraft remaining largely intact and transmitting data after splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

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