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SpaceX aborts Starship booster catch, but the ship is still in orbit
The booster diverted into the Gulf after detecting a fault. Ship 42 tries the first upper-stage catch on Saturday.
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SpaceX launched Starship on its 15th test flight on Friday, but called off its first attempt to catch both stages of the rocket. The Super Heavy booster aborted its return to the launch tower and came down in the Gulf of Mexico instead.
The upper stage, Ship 42, reached orbit and released 26 Starlink satellites, Spaceflight…
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