SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, as Elon Musks's company looks to push development of the mammoth vehicle further, including with a crucial test for how it will deploy satellites.

Elon Musk’s spaceflight company is continuing its work on the vehicle that could one day take people to the moon and eventually Mars.

The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico on a near loop around the world similar to previous test flights. SpaceX had packed it with 10 dummy satellites for practice at