SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket reached Earth orbit for the first time on September 28, marking a massive leap in the company’s development of a fully reusable launch system developed for future missions to the Moon,

SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlinks yet, but cut the flight short to ensure safety.

During the mission, Starship successfully deployed 26 next-generation Starlink V3 satellites, adding to SpaceX’s growing broadband constellation.