SpaceX launches seventh Starship in deployment test, prototype fails in space<br /><br />A SpaceX Starship prototype fails in space on Jan. 16, 2025, minutes after launching from Texas, setting back the company's speedy rocket development efforts in a mission that is expected to debut a key satellite deployment demonstration. SpaceX's Starship system, a heavily upgraded version standing roughly 37 stories tall, lifted off from the company's Boca Chica, Texas, launch facilities at 5:38 p.m. EST (2238 GMT) in the company's seventh test mission, and first such test this year. The Starship upper stage, two meters (6.56 feet) taller than previous versions, was a "new generation ship with significant upgrades," SpaceX said in a mission description prior to the test. It was due to make a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean roughly an hour after its launch from Texas. SpaceX has not seen a Starship second stage fail since its second test mission in March last year, when the rocket was reentering Earth's atmosphere and broke apart.<br /><br />SPACEX / REUTERS<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br /> <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br /> <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /> <br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /> <br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein<br /> <br />#TheManilaTimes<br />#tmtnews<br />#spacex<br />#spacexlaunch
