It was not without a few glitches, however, including engine issues with the Super Heavy booster that necessitated a crash into the Gulf of Mexico rather than a precision return.<\/p>\n
The company said \u201cthere have been several modifications to hardware and software to address issues seen on the previous flight\u201d.<\/p>\n
SpaceX will aspire the next time around to execute a launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn and landing burn of the booster offshore without hiccups.<\/p>\n
The upper stage will deploy 20 Starlink V3 satellites, and SpaceX said it will test out a relight of a Raptor engine in space.<\/p>\n
It will also test upgrades to Starship\u2019s heat shield.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lot riding on SpaceX\u2019s progress. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
The latest flight will be the first after Musk\u2019s SpaceX went public on Wall Street in June, with a record initial public offering.<\/p>\n
The rocket company has rapidly expanded its satellite internet service and voiced lofty ambitions for AI data centres in space.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lot riding on SpaceX\u2019s progress: the company is under contract with Nasa to produce a modified version of Starship to serve as a lunar landing system.<\/p>\n
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