Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches the eighth flight test of Starship. It will attempt to release four mock Starling satellites and if successful, it would mark the first time the vehicle has deployed a payload.

Eight minutes after the 400ft rocket system launched from the company’s Starbase in Texas, the upper-stage spacecraft’s engines malfunctioned and the vehicle spun out of control before exploding in the atmosphere above the Caribbean. The lower-stage super heavy booster returned to the launch pad after separation and was caught by mechanical arms.