SpaceX first put Starship into orbit, but completed the mission ahead of schedule

SpaceX conducted the 14th test launch of the Starship spacecraft. During this flight, the spacecraft entered low-Earth orbit for the first time in the history of the project, while all the previous 13 tests took place on suborbital trajectories. This is reported by the portal “RBC”.

Starship rose to an altitude of about 275 kilometers. Initially, the mission was planned for almost ten hours, during which the ship was to make about six orbits around the Earth and splash down in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile. However, SpaceX decided to return the device three hours after the launch. The ship will enter the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and splash down north of the Hawaiian Islands. The reason for the early completion of the mission, the company did not specify.

The Super Heavy accelerator successfully completed all stages of the launch, separated from the ship and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. SpaceX noted that after the previous test, changes were made to the design and software of the accelerator.

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