SpaceX closed a troubled but instructive chapter in its Starship rocket program Monday with a near-perfect test flight that carried the stainless steel spacecraft halfway around the world from South Texas to the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX's upper-stage spacecraft made a soft, controlled landing on water at the end of its 11th test flight on Monday.

Monday’s flight featured a successful deployment of simulated Starlink satellites. SpaceX will now move on to testing a more powerful version 3 of its giant rocket.

Before Starship can arrive in Florida, SpaceX has already begun mass production of its hexagonal heatshield tiles at Cape Canaveral.

SpaceX on Monday night sent Starship’s current configuration on one last test flight, in a mission that the company says hit all its key goals, moving the program into its next phase.

The eleventh flight test of Starship is preparing to launch as soon as Monday, . The launch window will open at 6:15 p.m. CT. It will launch in

SpaceX's Starship is back at the launch pad for its 11th flight test, hoping to duplicate the success of its August flight while adding new challenges.