Following Booster splashdown in the Gulf yesterday, SpaceX recovery teams were immediately onsite to safe the area.
At the same time, our Environmental Health and Safety team is ensuring any debris that washes onshore is recovered. We’re committed to protecting and restoring Boca Chica Beach.
Starship and its heatshield are healthy as the vehicle continues to orbit Earth after a spectacular start to its mission nearly 7 hours ago. Teams are continuing to monitor systems ahead of a planned return to launch site catch at Starbase ~22.5 hours after launch
Starship is now in a long coast phase around Earth. Teams will monitor Starship’s systems over the next ~21 hours that we intend to be in orbit for. We do have a few early deorbit options available should we need them, but all systems are looking good right now
Starship’s ascent burn is complete. Starship is now on a planned suborbital trajectory as teams check systems to confirm we are good to proceed to orbit today