Like last time, Starship had four mock satellites to eject once the craft reached space on this eighth test flight as a practice for future missions. They resembled SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites, thousands of which currently orbit Earth, and were meant to fall back down following their brief taste of space.

The eighth SpaceX test flight of Starship is scheduled to launch on Thursday from Texas. A scheduled launch window is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. CT 6:30 p.m. ET. Sign up for our Newsletters This launch comes less than two months after the unexpected explosion of the 7th test flight on Jan.