Elon Musk's SpaceX launches Starship V3 rocket after delays

The largest and most powerful rocket in history blasted off after its first attempted launch was postponed.

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The uncrewed Starship V3 rocket blasted off from Texas just after 17:30 (22:30 GMT) on Friday, days after SpaceX revealed plans for a record-breaking stock market debut.

Once in space, Starship deployed 20 dummy satellites before making re-entry and about an hour after launch it splashed down in the Indian Ocean, where it exploded as planned.

"Congratulations @SpaceX team on an epic first Starship V3 launch & landing!" Musk wrote on X. "You scored a goal for humanity."

The first attempted launch on Thursday was postponed due to a launch-tower malfunction.