India, Oct. 14 -- Elon Musk's SpaceX on Monday successfully launched the Starship Super Heavy rocket on its 11th flight test, emphasising its push for total reusability.

Starship, with the upper stage stacked atop its Super Heavy booster, was launched from SpaceX's very own Starbase in Texas, at 6:30 pm CT (23:20 GMT).

The Starship and the booster separated as part of the "hot staging" process minutes after lift off, following which the booster, as planned, returned for a controlled entry into the Gulf of Mexico, before crashing into the Indian Ocean.

A loud explosion was heard, and nothing was recovered.

Musk's company said that at the hot-staging separation event, the Starship's Raptor engines ignited. "Super Heavy is boosting back ...