New Delhi, July 25 -- Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX on Friday (local time) launched its Starship rocket from Texas, successfully sending its first batch of 20 upgraded Starlink internet satellites into suborbital space. The flight marked the company's 13th Starship test mission as it works toward launching regular commercial operations by the end of the year.

The Starship rocket system, which is roughly 400 feet tall (122 metres tall), blasted off around 6:50 pm (Eastern Time) from the company's Starbase town in Texas, Reuters reported.

The latest test flight was postponed after a launch was aborted on 16 July and was delayed again on Thursday due to dense cloud cover brought by Tropical Storm Bertha.

During the mission, Starship laun...