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SpaceX Starship V3 deploys advanced Starlinks, achieves soft Indian Ocean splashdown

SpaceX successfully launched its Starship V3 rocket, deploying 20 advanced Starlink satellites during its 13th test flight. The mission concluded with a successful re-entry and splashdown in the Indian Ocean, marking the most controlled descent to date for the spacecraft. Data was successfully retrieved from the newly deployed Starlinks, and SpaceX engineers gathered crucial heat shield information from the Starship. AI

IMPACT This test flight advances SpaceX's capabilities for satellite deployment and future space missions, potentially impacting satellite internet infrastructure.

RANK_REASON SpaceX's Starship V3 test flight with satellite deployment and successful re-entry. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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SpaceX Starship V3 deploys advanced Starlinks, achieves soft Indian Ocean splashdown

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press ·

    SpaceX’s Starship V3 deploys most advanced Starlink satellites then pulls off best re-entry yet with splashdown so soft it floated in the Indian Ocean

    It was the 13th flight of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, and the second this year of the new version dubbed V3.