Overview

• The 403-foot Starship lifted off from Starbase, Texas, marking the first integrated flight of a previously flown Super Heavy booster.
• Shortly after hot-staging separation, the upper stage suffered a rapid unscheduled disassembly due to a propellant leak and was destroyed.
• The mission completed boost-back entry tests but failed to deploy eight mock Starlink satellites when the payload doors did not open fully.
• The reused booster splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, although contact was lost during its descent.
• The FAA had cleared Tuesday’s flight after investigating two prior mishaps and SpaceX plans to analyze the data to refine Starship for upcoming Moon and Mars missions.