SpaceX's Starship recently launches and deploys eight fake satellites before making a splash in the Indian Ocean.

Starship, SpaceX's mega rocket, made a successful splashdown in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday night, marking the 10th test for the world's biggest and most powerful rocket. This significant event follows a series of previous mishaps, including tests in January, March, and May that ended prematurely.

Before splashing down, Starship's engines fired to flip its position, entering the water upright, a crucial step towards ensuring the spacecraft's stability upon impact. The Super Heavy Booster, a separate component of Starship, returned successfully after the test and splashed down in the Atlantic.

The successful demo was a result of SpaceX's relentless efforts to perfect the landing-burn engine of the Super Heavy Booster, as well as the redesign of the booster with larger and stronger fins for greater stability, as stated in a company post this month.

The first Starship exploded minutes into its inaugural test flight in 2023, but SpaceX persevered, learning from each setback and refining their designs. This persistence has paid off, as Starship completed the first-ever deployment of a test payload - eight dummy satellites - into space during this test.

NASA has ordered two Starships for the mission to land astronauts on the moon later this decade under the Artemis program. The agency contracts SpaceX for lunar landing vehicles, including Starship variants. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's ultimate goal, however, is to use Starship for missions to Mars.

The test did not involve any crew members. After just over an hour coasting through space, Starship splashed down as planned, but interestingly, the spacecraft continued to orbit the Earth after the planned splashdown.

This successful test comes after SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites in 2019 from a Falcon rocket that took off from Cape Canaveral, demonstrating SpaceX's versatility in space travel.

As Starship continues to evolve and improve, it moves one step closer to its ultimate goal: enabling human exploration of the moon and Mars.

SpaceX's Starship recently launches and deploys eight fake satellites before making a splash in the Indian Ocean.