SpaceX launches massive Starship rocket in first test flight since IPO

•⁠ ⁠SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket in a 13th test flight on Friday after earlier weather and technical delays.

•⁠ ⁠Investors are watching Starship test flights closely as the massive rocket is crucial to SpaceX’s ambitions to rapidly expand its Starlink satellite internet service.

•⁠ ⁠The Starship spacecraft made a “soft splashdown” in the Indian Ocean.