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Ambitious Year for SpaceX Begins with Lost Contact During Starship 7 Launch

The seventh test flight of SpaceX's Starship had some serious highs and lows. The company launched its Starship megarocket for the seventh time ever today (Jan. 16), sending the 403.5-foot-tall (123 meters) reusable vehicle aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas at 5:37 p.m. EST (2237 GMT; 4:37 p.m. local time).

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