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SpaceX Starship rocket fails to deploy satellites and explodes on re-entry
- SpaceX launched the Starship rocket from Starbase, Texas, on Tuesday for its ninth test flight aiming to deploy dummy satellites in orbit.
- This flight followed two earlier failures in January and March caused by a strong harmonic response and a hardware fire over an engine, respectively.
- Starship separated successfully from its Super Heavy booster, which used 33 engines to lift the largest rocket to the edge of space, but a payload door failed to open.
- SpaceX reported losing contact with the booster after a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' during landing burn, with debris landing inside a planned hazard zone in the Indian Ocean.
- This failure further delays NASA's approval of Starship for crewed Artemis III Moon missions, with no near-term clearance expected amid ongoing development challenges.
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Elon Musk's company Space X managed to launch the Starship into space. However, once there, they lost control and the craft exploded upon re-entry.
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