# SpaceX’s Starship reaches orbit and deploys first next-generation Starlinks

https://mins.news/en/item/77752

- Ars Technica, 2026-09-28 21:26 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/09/starships-first-orbital-launch-gives-lift-to-spacexs-next-gen-starlinks/

> SpaceX launched Starship on its 14th test flight from South Texas early Monday, sending the vehicle to low-Earth orbit after earlier flights had followed suborbital paths. The rocket also deployed 26 new-generation Starlink broadband satellites using a pulley-and-cable system.

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