The 15th test flight of the Starship rocket took place last night from Starbase in Texas, USA, but an attempt to simultaneously recover both parts of the rocket failed.
The 72-meter-long Super Heavy booster, which was supposed to be restrained by the launch tower’s mechanical arms six minutes after launch, deviated from its intended path and exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.
Despite this incident, the upper part of the rocket, the Starship spacecraft, managed to enter Earth’s orbit and begin the process of releasing 26 new Starlink satellites.
After completing 15 orbits around the Earth and a 22-hour mission, the spacecraft is scheduled to return to Earth today and once again attempt to be controlled by the launch tower’s mechanical arms.
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