Starship Flight 14 reached orbit for the first time and deployed 26 V3 Starlink satellites before exploding over the Pacific.

SpaceX describes Starship as "the world's most powerful launch vehicle ever developed" and says it will eventually carry crew and cargo "to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond".

The uncrewed 40-story-tall vehicle, consisting of a ​Super Heavy booster rocket topped by the main ⁠upper-stage Starship vessel, thundered off its launch pad ​at around 7:46 a.m. CT (1246 GMT) from Sp...