Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.

The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico on a near loop around the world similar to previous test flights. SpaceX had packed it with 10 dummy satellites for practice at

Starship experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly," which is a phrase SpaceX coined to describe an explosion.

After the successful booster recovery, SpaceX officials reported losing contact with the spaceship toward the end of the ascend.

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has suspended SpaceX rocket flights following the explosion of the upper stage of the Starship/Super Heavy. An investigation is necessary due to the space debris that fell to Earth after the explosion.

SpaceX halted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday with 11 seconds to spare after a plane allegedly flew into restricted airspace near the launchpad. The California exhibition set to send Starlink satellites into orbit fell apart at the last minute when an aircraft encroached on the rocket’s launch space,