Minutes after liftoff and booster separation, a live video feed showed the upper stage tumbling uncontrollably before the signal abruptly cut out.
“Can confirm we did lose contact with the ship. Unfortunately, this happened last time, too,“ SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot said, referring to January’s flight, which also ended with the upper stage disintegrating over the Caribbean.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) briefly activated a “debris response area,“ delaying flights from airports stretching from Newark and Philadelphia to Miami.
Despite the setback, SpaceX’s “fail fast, learn fast” approach has helped it become the world’s dominant launch services provider.
Eighth Starship Test
It marked its eighth uncrewed orbital test, after earlier launch attempts were scrubbed on Monday and Wednesday.
About 40 minutes after launch, SpaceX ended its livestream without providing further details.
NASA is also awaiting a modified version of Starship as a lunar lander for its Artemis program, which aims to return astronauts to the Moon this decade.
The FAA previously grounded Starship after its January 16 flight ended in an upper-stage explosion.
Conflicts
Now, as Trump's chief advisor on cost-cutting initiatives, Musk faces scrutiny over his influence on federal agencies overseeing his companies.
Telecom giant Verizon currently holds a contract to upgrade the FAA’s infrastructure, but that deal could be in jeopardy, Bloomberg reported. SpaceX has denied the allegations, stating “recent media reports about SpaceX and the FAA are false.”
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