SpaceX的星舰火箭周五从德克萨斯州南端基地成功升空，执行第13次测试飞行1。这也是该火箭V3版本今年第二次飞行1。高达407英尺（124米）的星舰火箭释放了20颗最先进的星链卫星，将其送入124英里（200公里）的轨道高度1。
火箭随后在印度洋实现了软着陆，创造了迄今最成功的返回记录1。SpaceX工程师Kate Tice将这次飞行称为"幸运的第13次"1。
本次任务的数据收集成果显著。埃隆·马斯克在社交媒体X上表示，"我们得到了所有需要的热盾数据，甚至更多"1。NASA负责人Jared Isaacman也在X上表达了对"这次任务将学到的东西"的期待1。
这次飞行是为NASA阿尔忒弥斯III任务的月球登陆做准备1，该任务计划包括三名美国宇航员和一名意大利宇航员1。目前，超过10,000颗星链卫星已在轨运行1。
本次发射原计划于7月16日进行，但因发射中止而延迟1。随后周四热带风暴贝莎带来的厚云层再次阻延了发射日期1。
SpaceX conducted the thirteenth test flight of its Starship rocket on Friday, successfully deploying twenty of the company's most advanced Starlink satellites 1. The 407-foot-tall vehicle lifted off from the company's facility in South Texas and executed a soft landing in the Indian Ocean, marking the most successful return to date for the vehicle 1.
The flight represented the second test of the V3 version of Starship this year 1. Starship released the Starlink satellites at an altitude of 124 miles 1. According to SpaceX engineer Kate Tice, the mission was a "lucky flight 13" 1. Elon Musk stated on X that "we got all the heat shield data we needed, and more" 1.
The test flight advances preparations for NASA's Artemis III mission, which aims to land three American and one Italian astronaut on the Moon 1. NASA administrator Jared Isaacman expressed excitement on X about "what we'll learn from this mission" 1.
More than ten thousand Starlink satellites are currently in orbit 1. The launch had been delayed due to an abort on July 16 and thick cloud cover brought by Tropical Storm Bertha on Thursday 1.
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