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Contact lost while entering Earth's atmosphere
SpaceX's most powerful rocket, Starship, launched at 8:25 a.m. local time on Thursday from the company's Starbase Boca Chica in Texas. A live webcast of the flight was also done, which was viewed by millions of people on social media. Everything went well during the test, except that the control panel lost contact with the rocket during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. This contact was lost when the starship was over the Indian Ocean. However, the rocket managed to land in the sea.
Starship is the most powerful rocket in the world
SpaceX's rocket Starship is the most powerful rocket in the world, standing 397 feet tall and equipped with a Super Heavy booster that generates 16.7 million pounds of thrust. NASA's Space Launch System is the world's second most powerful rocket, but it produces only half the thrust of Starship. Although Starship is still in the prototype stage, NASA's rocket is certified and operational. In the third test, Starship met most of its objectives and the company also expressed happiness over it and described the test as almost successful. The Starship rocket is reusable and capable of carrying a payload of 150 metric tons to space. A Starship can take 100 people to Mars at a time.
The Starship rocket was first tested in April 2023, but the Starship was destroyed in an explosion just minutes after takeoff. The second test of Starship was conducted in November-2023. However, the rocket was destroyed in the second test after reaching space. The third test of Starship was much more successful than the first two. This test of Starship is also important because at the end of this decade, American space agency NASA is planning to send its astronauts to the Moon with the help of Starship rocket.