Overview
- SpaceX launched the upgraded two‑stage Starship V3 and achieved planned stage separation with the Super Heavy booster returning to the Gulf of Mexico for a splashdown.
- The Ship capsule continued its flight despite a failure of one of six Raptor engines and maintained a stable trajectory until reentry.
- The flight deployed 20 Starlink simulators and two camera‑equipped test satellites that returned video of the capsule and its heat shield to mission control.
- Ship splashed down in the Indian Ocean, altered attitude on impact and exploded as planned to complete the test flight sequence.
- SpaceX renovated the Starbase launch site for this first V3 test and both SpaceX and NASA officials say the data and imagery advance efforts to use Starship for future Artemis lunar missions.