SpaceX’s Starship Flight 12 Splashes Down in the Indian Ocean as Planned
SpaceX opened Starship’s 2026 campaign with a clean suborbital test that deployed 20 dummy Starlink satellites before a controlled splashdown.
SpaceX kicked off Starship’s 2026 campaign with a clean suborbital test that ended in a planned splashdown.
The short version
- Starship Flight 12, the first of 2026, flew a suborbital profile and splashed down in the Indian Ocean.
- The Ship deployed 20 dummy Starlink satellites during the flight.
- It was an iterative test toward a rapidly reusable heavy-lift system.
Why it matters
Each successful flight moves SpaceX closer to routine reuse, the key to its cost goals for Starship.
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