SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on Friday after scrubbing the prior day's attempt due to technical issues. The 12th test flight advances the fully reusable vehicle's role in Starlink expansion, satellite deployment and NASA's 2028 moon mission plans ahead of the company's expected $75 billion IPO.
In its IPO filing on Wednesday, SpaceX said that Starship is designed to deliver 100 metric tons to Earth's orbit in a fully reusable configuration while enabling rapid turnaround times akin to commercial aviation.
The upper stage is meant to be fully reusable and to carry both large amounts of cargo and people into space, and SpaceX plans to use it to land NASA astronauts back on the moon in 2028.
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