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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens for the delivery of clues such as rain and snow, flowers blooming in the forest, Harry12345 and iTechSTUDIO! CTOnews.com, April 20 (Xinhua) SpaceX made its second attempt to launch the starship at 21:34 Beijing time tonight, the first test flight of the starship, and the most powerful rocket ever designed to send astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond.

Although the combination (Rocket B7 and spacecraft S24) flew on the designated route within the first two minutes, it was a pity that six Raptor engines stalled along the way, causing the rocket attitude to get out of control. the starship's maiden mission ended in an explosive disintegration 3 minutes and 50 seconds after takeoff.

At the same time, the terms for the failed launch of the SpaceX starship have also been popular on Weibo.

SpaceX said the test flight of the starship did not seem to be satisfactory and that the starship had an unplanned disintegration. The team will continue to review the data and work for the next flight test.

According to the plan, about eight minutes after the launch of the starship, its booster will fall into the Gulf of Mexico. The capsule will continue to fly until it reaches an altitude of about 150 miles and re-enters the atmosphere after orbiting the earth for a period of time.

If all goes well, about 90 minutes after launch, the capsule will re-enter the atmosphere and crash into the Pacific Ocean 62 miles north of Kauai.

According to the data disclosed by Musk, due to the use of recyclable design, the cost of a single launch is only about US $2 million (CTOnews.com Note: currently about RMB 13.78 million). Corresponding to its low orbit carrying capacity of 100t, it can reduce the cost of launching into orbit to an astonishing US $10 per kilogram of payload, which will have the potential to revolutionize the space industry.

According to Musk, the first orbital mission of the SpaceX starship was basically a coin flip, and the $3 billion (currently about 20.67 billion yuan) spacecraft had only a 50% success rate for its maiden flight.

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