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Time subject to change!!! Assuming successful launch on Friday, November 13th, SpaceX is targeting the first-ever catch of a Starship upper stage on Flight 15, with Ship 42 coming home to Starbase around 3:17 p.m. CT on Saturday, November 14, about 22.5 hours after its planned Friday liftoff.
After roughly 14 orbits at about 275 km, Ship 42 will do a deorbit burn and assuming the flight team confirms the vehicle is healthy for a catch, it will then make its approach to the Pad 2 tower, light its Raptors for the landing burn, and slow to a hover between the chopsticks to be caught.
If it all works Starship becomes the first orbital rocket ever fully recovered, a huge step toward rapid, full reuse.
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