SpaceX launches Starship prototype

The liftoff occurred at around 8:25 a.m. ET from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. (Photo: SpaceX/X)

By TASS, Philippine News Agency

NEW YORK – SpaceX, a company owned by US celebrity entrepreneur Elon Musk, on Sunday launched a Super Heavy carrier rocket with a Starship prototype for the fifth time, according to a live broadcast on the company’s X page.

The liftoff occurred at around 8:25 a.m. ET from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.

The spaceship is to reach the near-Earth orbit and then make the splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

The previous launch was carried out in June.