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VideoFromSpace's launch replay shows Flight 15's split outcome, with a later clarification explaining why the booster abandoned its tower return.
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Blastoff! SpaceX Starship launches to orbit on Flight 15, booster catch aborted
Next story: SpaceX catches Starship's upper stage after its return from orbit
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- 0:36Super Heavy's engines ignite and Flight 15 lifts off from Starbase.
- 3:08Starship lights its engines and separates from the booster.
- 6:05An abort call sends Super Heavy offshore instead of back to the launch tower.
- 6:47The booster begins its landing burn over the Gulf; the fiery conclusion follows at 07:26.
- 8:50Starship shuts down its engines, and the commentators confirm nominal orbital insertion.
At stage separation, Flight 15 becomes two very different journeys. Starship's engines light and the spacecraft pulls away toward orbit. Below it, Super Heavy begins a return that will end offshore rather than in the launch tower's arms.
VideoFromSpace's SpaceX broadcast replay added roughly 780,000 views since yesterday. It supplies the launch-side story behind the upper-stage catch we reported here: the climb from Starbase, the separation and the moment the booster's planned homecoming is called off.
The camera follows the rocket upward from ignition, with every booster engine showing as lit. Several minutes later, the commentators are explaining the tower-catch sequence when an abort call changes the plan. Super Heavy diverts over the Gulf, fires its engines above the water and disappears into a fiery splash.
The commentary initially describes a successful splashdown. VideoFromSpace's subsequent coverage says the booster exploded just before reaching the water, and carries an important clarification from SpaceX's Dan Huot: the guidance system worked as intended, detecting that the booster was not correctly positioned for a safe catch and triggering the abort. The underlying positioning problem remained under investigation.
Meanwhile, Ship 42 continues climbing. Near the replay's end, its engines shut down and commentator Jessie announces a nominal orbital insertion. The upper stage would return for its successful tower catch the following day, a separate recovery from the booster attempt shown here.
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