(update: official announcement) second launch of SpaceX starship: 33 engines started correctly, the two-stage rocket failed and lost contact.

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Sun Valley, Limei Ishihara, Fang Weizi and Zhang Zifeng for the delivery of my wife's clues! Update at 22:25: SpaceX officially announced, "Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team for completing the exciting second integrated flight test of the starship! the starship successfully lifted off and passed the interstage separation, powered by all 33 Raptor engines on the super-heavy booster."

At the same time, the booster underwent an "unplanned rapid disassembly" shortly after separation, while the starship's engine ignited for several minutes on its way to space. "such tests will help us improve the reliability of starships, and SpaceX is working to create a multi-planetary life."

CTOnews.com, November 18, according to reports from CNN and Reuters, the second comprehensive test of SpaceX Starship (starship / starship / starship) was launched at 9: 00 Beijing time tonight, but this time the result was presumed to be a "launch failure."

"We can't find the data on the two-stage rocket," said John Insprucker, an aerospace engineer and live anchor of SpaceX. "We may not be able to find the two-stage rocket." the automatic flight termination system on the second stage seems to have been triggered at the later stage of combustion. "

CNN said that the launch of the starship ended early because of the explosion and the loss of signal. The super-heavy rocket was successfully separated from the starship spacecraft, but the process eventually destroyed the super-heavy rocket. It spewed a flame over the Gulf of Mexico, but the starship could continue to fly for a short time.

The starship flew farther than its first attempt in April. After the rocket and spacecraft lifted off, all 33 engines of the super-heavy booster were ignited.

SpaceX officials have not yet given details of the launch, and CTOnews.com will follow up on the report.

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