Wall Street Journal
• Micah Maidenberg
Starship’s 10th Test Flight Largely Successful — Deploys Eight Mock Starlink Sats and Validates Heat‑Shield Tiles
On Aug. 26 SpaceX's tenth Starship test flight reached space, deployed eight mock Starlink satellites — the vehicle's first orbital payload release — and tested new heat‑shield tiles during atmospheric reentry before splashing down, delivering key development milestones after earlier test failures and restoring program momentum.
