Musk says Starship is traveling around the world every 90 minutes, and so far the ship is doing well
Briefing by News4U · First published
Today Elon Musk said on X that Starship is traveling around the world about every 90 minutes right now. Quoting a SpaceX update, he also wrote, "So far, so good for the ship." SpaceX had said on X that Starship and its heatshield are healthy as the vehicle continues to orbit Earth after a spectacular start to its mission nearly seven hours earlier, and that teams are continuing to monitor systems ahead of a planned return-to-launch-site catch at Starbase about 22.5 hours after launch. [1] [2] [3]
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- Elon Musk (X): Starship is traveling around the world every ~90 minutes right now
Elon Musk (X) · · Excerpt
- Elon Musk (X): So far, so good for the ship
Elon Musk (X) · · Excerpt
- @spacex (X): Starship and its heatshield are healthy as the vehicle continues to orbit Earth after a spectacular start to its mission nearly 7 hours ago.
@spacex (X) · · Excerpt