ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX attempted another launch of a Starship prototype on Tuesday, but once again, the test ended up with the rocket no longer in one piece.
The test flight of the SN11 rocket, as in serial number 11, with its three Raptor engines, took off in the fog from the company’s site in Boca Chica, Texas, after 8 a.m. local time, and looked to be on its way to another attempt to stick the landing.
Only one of the last three launches of a Starship prototype was able to land upright, but even that one exploded soon after it touched down. The video stream for the SN11 flight froze at 5:49 into the test while on its way back down to Earth after hitting more than 10 km altitude.
