SITUATION EXPLAINED: Starship reached orbit for the first time. • Flight 14 delivered 26 Starlink V3 satellites, the first operational payload Starship has carried • A single Raptor vacuum engine shut down early during ascent, so SpaceX cut the mission from six orbits to roughly three hours • It relit a single Raptor sea level engine for its first ever deorbit burn, then all three for the landing burn and flip before splashing down in the Pacific • Each V3 adds a terabit per second of…

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Starship performs its orbital insertion burn and enters orbit of Earth for the first time https://t.co/LodrSTnEnl