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SpaceX Starship Flight 15 misses booster catch
SpaceX Starship Flight 15 reaches orbit but loses booster before tower catch.
In brief
SpaceX Starship Flight 15 reaches orbit but loses booster before tower catch. SpaceX Starship Flight 15 reached orbit but lost its booster during launch, leaving the ship to return for a potential tower catch. Originally reported by Startup Fortune.
Starship Flight 15 launch
SpaceX launched Starship Flight 15 from Starbase, Texas at 4:47 p.m. CST on Friday, November 13.
Booster 22 lands in Gulf
Booster 22 went to an offshore landing spot in the Gulf and exploded moments before splashdown.
Ship 42 reaches orbit
Ship 42 kept climbing and reached orbit after the booster explosion.
Catch scheduled for Saturday
SpaceX aims to bring Ship 42 back about 22 hours and 32 minutes into the mission on Saturday, November 14.
Booster guidance problem
Reports say the booster detected a problem in its guidance system before the catch could happen.
Booster 22 significance
Booster 22 was the fourth Block 3 booster to fly and a clean return would have been the first catch of that version.
Starlink V3 deployment
Ship 42 carried 26 Starlink V3 satellites deployed from an altitude of about 275 km.
The takeaway
SpaceX Starship Flight 15 reached orbit but lost its booster during launch, leaving the ship to return for a potential tower catch.
