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SpaceX successfully launched the Starship rocket for its 10th test flight Tuesday evening.The super heavy-lift rocket lifted off at 7:30 p.m. eastern time from Texas.Previous launch attempts earlier in the week were scrubbed due to weather at the launch site in Cameron County, Texas.SpaceX said it has implemented hardware and operational changes to increase the reliability of Starship. The latest mishap Starbase faced was on June 18, when it erupted into a fireball as SpaceX was preparing for its 10th test flight. The ninth test flight lifted off successfully and reached orbit, but it started tumbling out of control and led to an explosion over the Indian Ocean.Starship’s eighth test flight ended in a “rapid unscheduled disassembly,” grounding flights across Florida. Its seventh flight, in January, experienced a hardware failure and broke up over the Turks and Caicos Islands.SpaceX said these flight tests are offering valuable insights to inform the design of the next-generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles.>> WESH 2 will stream the launch in the video player above.