✯✩✶ Starship

“Starship achieved a precise, soft landing in the ocean, paving the way for return to launch site and being caught by the tower arms, like the booster.

Full & rapid reusability improves the cost of access to orbit & beyond by >10,000%.

It is the fundamental technology breakthrough needed to make life multiplanetary and for us to become a true spacefaring civilization.” – Elon Musk

Starship flip maneuver and landing burn on its fifth flight test. Vehicle improvements ensured flaps were protected from high heating, resulting in a controlled entry and high accuracy splashdown at the targeted area in the Indian Ocean pic.twitter.com/nLIQLLVMv1

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 18, 2024

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Falcon 9 launched 23 @Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities.