<ul><li>SpaceX's ninth Starship test flight took off from SpaceX's Starbase in Texas, marking a major milestone as the first flight to reuse a Super Heavy booster.</li><li>The Super Heavy booster completed its ascent burn and reached space but experienced a 'rapid unscheduled disassembly' during the landing attempt.</li><li>The Starship spacecraft, known as the 'Ship,' encountered issues including a stuck payload bay door and an attitude control error, preventing it from deploying eight Starlink simulator satellites.</li><li>Despite the setbacks, SpaceX plans to review the data gathered and continue flying the Starship over the next three flights every three to four weeks.</li></ul>

SpaceX's ninth Starship test flight reaches space but fails to deploy fake satellites

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