On April 20, SpaceX launched the Starship spacecraft into orbit, mounted on a Super Heavy rocket. Alas,
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Elon Musk said a month ago thatthe probability that Starship will reach orbit is estimated at 50%. The seventh prototype of the Super Heavy rocket and the 24th prototype of the Starship spacecraft - Booster 7 and Ship 24, respectively, took part in the test.
In the first orbital launch, the main thing was notit is as much to put Starship into orbit as to take off and not destroy the Starbase spaceport. SpaceX has successfully dealt with this. The company said that during the test, a lot of new information about the device and ground systems was obtained, which will improve future flights.
Almost immediately after launch at the rocketthe system failed several Raptor engines, causing it to lose altitude. The ship, which acts as the second stage, was unable to separate from the booster. The explosion occurred at an altitude of about 39 km, after the rocket system did somersaults in the air over the Gulf of Mexico for a minute.