Eric Berger regarding the Ship catch on Flight 14: "Nope. I heard they might have been able to get there on the regulatory side, but overall they just weren't ready yet."

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u/AgreeableEmploy1884 — 2 months ago

"After approx. 24 days at sea, the SpaceX Recovery team successfully guided Starship to a location just off the coast of Christmas Island. A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle in calmer waters before attempting to return it to Starbase"

u/AgreeableEmploy1884 — 2 months ago

Elon on X: "Unfortunately, ship recovery is not looking good right now. Nonetheless, we were able to obtain close-up photos of critical regions of the heat shield and engines for future upgrades."

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u/AgreeableEmploy1884 — 2 months ago

"The first Starlink V3 satellites in space successfully deployed their solar arrays, fired their thrusters, established connections with the Starlink constellation using radio frequencies and laser links, and captured imagery of Starship"

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u/AgreeableEmploy1884 — 3 months ago
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"The Starship Recovery team has continued gathering imagery of the vehicle, which is still afloat in the Indian Ocean"

u/AgreeableEmploy1884 — 3 months ago

"Additional preflight testing on Super Heavy complete. Now starting preparations to launch Starship as soon as tomorrow, Thursday, July 23. Weather is currently a significant watch item for launch"

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u/AgreeableEmploy1884 — 3 months ago

Elon on X: "Some of the engines didn’t start, triggering an automatic launch abort. Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."

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u/AgreeableEmploy1884 — 3 months ago