## SpaceX’s Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday’s flight added the last bit. SpaceX’s Starship rocket thundered into the sky over South Texas early Monday. It was the 14th test flight of the world’s most powerful launch vehicle. This time, however, the rocket’s massive upper stage squeezed out some extra oomph from its Raptor engines and accelerated to orbital velocity. On all of Starship’s previous flights, SpaceX intentionally dialed back the full capability of the rocket to fly a suborbital…