Well, at least the launch pad remained intact …
The launch of SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket took place on the second attempt, but went through with some overlap.
At the time of launch, it seemed that the rocket tilted slightly and began to rise not strictly vertically, but quickly leveled off and began to gain altitude.
A few seconds after launch, it became known that 5 of the 33 Raptor engines installed on the Super Heavy launch vehicle had failed.
As a result, after a minute or so, the rocket began to fall over and rotate, having lost its correct course. After that, the remote destruction system was activated.
The first launch of the giant Starship rocket took place
Elon Musk has previously stated that he will consider success anything that does not lead to the destruction of the launch pad.
The rocket rose to a height of 39 km.
Congratulations to the @SpaceX team on an exciting Starship test run! We learned a lot before the next test run in a few months.
