BREAKING: the biggest rocket ever built just made it to orbit, and it didn't go alone.
SpaceX's Starship, taller than the Statue of Liberty, reached orbit for the first time and immediately got to work, deploying 26 next-gen Starlink satellites mid-flight.
Think of it like a delivery truck dropping packages while still cruising down the highway. That's essentially what just happened, in space.
Those 26 satellites are joining a fleet that's already massive: over 11,000 Starlink satellites currently beaming internet to places that used to be complete dead zones.
Here's the part that should make you pause: SpaceX isn't just launching rockets anymore. It's quietly building an entire internet layer around the planet, one orbital delivery at a time.
And because Starship is designed to be reused, this isn't a one-off flex. It's a preview of drastically cheaper access to space, launch after launch.
Orbit was never the finish line here. It was just the first stop on the way to Mars.
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