SpaceX plans next Starship launch as soon as this month, catching it on land

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 : SpaceX as soon as this month aims to launch its next Starship flight test, sending its first upgraded Starlink satellites into orbit and then returning the massive rocket system's upper stage to land for the first time, CEO Elon Musk said on the company's first earnings call Tuesday.The goals for Starship's 14th test flight represent a major leap in the reusable rocket's development from its last test flight in July, when Starship's upper stage appeared to demonstrate improved landing abilities over the Indian Ocean.Musk previously said SpaceX could try an upper-stage land recovery sometime this year, and perhaps on the 14th flight depending on how well the 13th flight went.Land-returns of that upper rocket stage, the core "ship" of Starship, are crucial to SpaceX's goa