Elon Musk’s SpaceX Aces Third Test Flight Of Starship On Thursday

San Francisco: Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched the third test flight of its huge Starship vehicle on Thursday.

While the winds played havoc, delaying the launch by an hour, the flight took from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in south Texas at 9.25 a.m. EDT (6.55 IST).

“Liftoff of Starship!” the company wrote on X.com.

“Starship reached orbital velocity! Congratulations @SpaceX team!!” added SpaceX founder Elon Musk in a post.