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SpaceX's ninth test flight of Starship launches into space, ends in a spin | TechCrunch

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Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy rocket booster and reached orbit Tuesday evening .

Starship reached space, but eight minutes into the flight, the ship lost multiple Raptor engines and began to spiral.

Starship lost attitude control, meaning it could no longer orient itself properly for re-entry.

Starship was unable to open a side cargo hatch to deploy mock satellites in one planned test.

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