Starship Reaches Orbit, Deploys Next-Gen Starlinks

Starship launch
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX capped a decade of development with the first orbital flight of its planned reusable deep-space transport. The Starship-Super Heavy launch system lifted off from SpaceX’s privately owned Starbase spaceport in southern Texas at 8:48 a.m. EDT Sept. 28. The first stage, powered by 33 methane...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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