SpaceX's Starship rocket lifts off for 13th test flight

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SpaceX's Starship rocket lifts off for 13th test flight

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▪Camera IconSpaceX's Starship rocket has lifted off for a test flight from Starbase, Texas. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAPSpaceX's Starship rocket lifts off for 13th test flightJoey RouletteReuters25 July 2026, 7:19amCopy linkShare storySpaceX's Sta

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▪ SpaceX's Starship blasts off in first rocket launch since IPO — CBS News — Top
▪ SpaceX Starship deploys upgraded Starlink satellites during 13th test flight — Investing.com — News
▪ SpaceX's Starship blasts off from Starbase in Texas on 13th test flight — FOX 26 Houston
▪ SpaceX launches 13th Starship test, briefly deploys first upgraded Starlinks — Channel NewsAsia
▪ Watch: SpaceX's successful test flight and splashdown for Starship — BBC News — Science
▪ SpaceX's Starship rocket lifts off from Texas for 13th test flight - Reuters — Google News
▪ SpaceX launches Starship on another test flight, this time with the most advanced Starlinks — The Hindu — Top
▪ Starship Test Flight 13 — HotAir
▪ SpaceX launches massive Starship rocket in first test flight since IPO — US Top News and Analysis
▪ SpaceX launches 13th Starship test flight, deploys 20 next-generation Starlink satellites — Times of India — Top
▪ SpaceX Starship Flight 13 livestream [video] — SpaceX
▪ SpaceX's 13th Starship flight test launches with Starlink's next-gen satellites — Engadget

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Camera IconSpaceX's Starship rocket has lifted off for a test flight from Starbase, Texas. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAPSpaceX's Starship rocket lifts off for 13th test flightJoey RouletteReuters25 July 2026, 7:19amCopy linkShare storySpaceX's Starship rocket has lifted off from Texas in the company's 13th flight test to demonstrate an array of onboard capabilities, including the rocket's first suborbital deployments of new Starlink satellites.The 120m-tall Starship rocket system blasted off at 6.50pm on Friday from SpaceX's Starbase company town, with the Super Heavy first stage booster sending its Starship upper stage on a suborbital trajectory.The hour-long mission will conclude with Starship's re-entry through Earth's atmosphere and a splashdown in the Indian Ocean.As Starship approached…

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