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SpaceX’s Starship Breaks Apart Shortly After Liftoff

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These included Starships first payload deployment test, involving 10 replica Starlink satellites, as well as assessments of upgrades to the spacecrafts flight computer, avionics, and heat shield. The agency issued a notice warning pilots of what it described as a dangerous area for falling debris of rocket Starship.

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Top 10 most agile fighter jets of 2025

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Two Russian aircraft, the Su-57 and Su-35, use three-dimensional (3D) thrust vectoring, giving the pilot unrivalled control in any direction. In 2023, Sukhoi Design Bureau test pilot Rafael Suleymanov said that piloting the Su-57 was a pleasure, adding that it allows the pilot to fly in any conditions, at any speed, at any angle of attack.

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