SpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time

SpaceX's Starship reached Earth orbit for the first time during its 14th test flight, launching from South Texas on Monday.

• SpaceX's Starship reached Earth orbit for the first time, having completed only suborbital flights on all previous tests.
• The upper stage lost one of its six Raptor engines after separating; SpaceX called off the attempt, then resumed minutes later.
• The rocket was set to complete six orbits and deploy 26 Starlink satellites before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean west of Chile.
• The Super Heavy booster returned to the Gulf coast and performed a simulated landing over the water after separating from the upper stage.
• SpaceX cut the mission short to about three hours, with Starship splashing down in the Pacific earlier than planned.
• Starship's splashdown in the Pacific ended in a fireball as the ship broke apart during descent.
• SpaceX announced the mission's early termination about 90 minutes into the shortened orbital flight.
• The Starship upper stage targeted an altitude of 275 kilometers during its first orbital flight.
• Each of the 26 deployed Starlink V3 satellites adds about 1 terabit per second, totaling roughly 26 Tbps.
• Three of the 26 deployed satellites carried cameras to monitor the Starship vehicle during the flight.
• Space Capital CEO Chad Anderson told Al Jazeera the space sector is on a strong upward trajectory following the launch.