[ZX Aerospace] Starship V3 Test Successful, Commercial Spaceflight Takes Another Step Forward 20260726

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# V3's second test flight succeeded, Starship commercialization imminent. On the morning of July 25 Beijing time, SpaceX successfully completed the 13th integrated flight test (IFT-13) of Starship, which was also the second flight of the Starship V3 version. The flight still followed a suborbital test route. After the spacecraft reached the suborbital apogee (about 190 km altitude), it successfully deployed all 20 Starlink V3 satellites; in the final stage, the first-stage booster experienced abnormal ignition in some engines and made a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico at a relatively high speed. The second-stage spacecraft achieved a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, and the satellites burned up upon re-entering the atmosphere after completing tests such as solar panel and antenna deployment. Almost all items in this test were verified. The next test (IFT-14) is expected to attempt orbital insertion, and the Starship V3 version is on the verge of commercialization. # Computing-power test satellite launch accelerates China's commercial space industry. Around noon on July 10, the first flight of the Long March 10B recoverable rocket developed by China succeeded, with the first stage successfully recovered on the ship "Pioneer," marking a milestone breakthrough in China's rocket recovery. ...