SpaceX's Starship V3 still floating days after test flight
SpaceX said the Starship V3 upper stage was still floating in the Indian Ocean on 29 July, five days after its suborbital test flight. According to Space, the flight launched from Starbase, Texas on 24 July, carried 20 Starlink V3 satellites and concluded with a soft splashdown off Western Australia, while CBS News reported that the Super Heavy booster splashed down hard in the Gulf of Mexico. Ars Technica noted that the company is evaluating a tower-catch concept for the vehicle on its next launch.