星舰火箭首次成功进入轨道并部署星链卫星

SpaceX的星舰火箭在第14次试飞中首次成功进入低地球轨道6，这标志着这款超大型运载火箭开发过程中的重大突破。火箭从德克萨斯州南部发射升空，成功部署了26颗下一代星链V3卫星进入轨道16。

原定任务计划持续约10小时，但SpaceX团队决定提前结束飞行，星舰在绕地球约3小时后溅落太平洋1。SpaceX称星舰是"迄今为止开发的世界上最强大的运载火箭"1，该火箭的最终目标是能够搭载多达100人进行长时间星际飞行1。

SpaceX has achieved a major milestone by successfully sending its Starship rocket into orbit for the first time.234 During the mission, the massive launch vehicle completed its 14th test flight and reached low Earth orbital velocity, carrying 26 next-generation Starlink V3 broadband satellites into space.16 The satellites were deployed from the vehicle's cargo bay using a pulley and cable system.6

The orbital flight was cut short, with the spacecraft splashing down in the Pacific Ocean after approximately three hours in orbit rather than the originally planned duration of about 10 hours.1 Despite the abbreviated flight time, the mission represents a historic achievement for the company's ambitions in deep space exploration, marking what observers have called a significant milestone toward human missions to the Moon and Mars.5 All previous Starship test flights had remained suborbital.6 SpaceX describes Starship as the most powerful launch vehicle ever developed and envisions it eventually carrying up to 100 people on extended interplanetary voyages.1