Starbase, Sept. 28 -- Elon Musk headed SpaceX launched its Super Heavy rocket Starship from Starbase in Texas on Monday. This flight is planned to be the first to send Starship into orbit around Earth. This will also mark the first deployment of Starlink V3 satellites into the constellation, which according to the company will deliver a payload that will dramatically expand connectivity speeds and reliability around the world.

Starship is the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, standing at 407 feet. Both of its stages, the Super Heavy booster and Ship upper-stage spacecraft, are designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, a breakthrough that SpaceX has called the 'holy grail of rocketry.'

By going to orbit, the next phase of dev...