SpaceX catches Starship with Mechazilla after 22-hour, 14-orbit mission deploying 26 Starlink V3 sats
XFreeze · x · 2026-11-15
SpaceX achieved a historic first: the Mechazilla tower arms caught the returning Starship upper stage (Ship 42) after a mission spanning 22+ hours in space and 14 orbits, deploying 26 Starlink V3 satellites and surviving reentry. The ship returned right to the tower it launched from — a fully reusable rocket is no longer sci-fi.
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