The fourth test flight followed a similar trajectory as the third flight, with a targeted splashdown in the Indian Ocean. This was the quickest turnaround between Starship test launches ...

similar work was occurring on the other side of the globe where crews tracked the upper-stage Starship that had splashed down in the Indian Ocean about 560 miles off the coast of Australia.

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The plan for both flights was to send Starship on a trajectory through space halfway around the world, then perform a guided reentry over the Indian Ocean, targeting a pinpoint splashdown ...

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Starship was aiming to make nearly a full orbit around the earth and reenter over the Indian Ocean for a splashdown, simulating a landing sequence that SpaceX wants to soon carry out on land as a ...

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Starship was lost during reentry while attempting to splash down in the Indian Ocean. In the fourth test, both components worked as intended, gently dropping into their respective bodies of water ...