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Starship Flight 10 succeeds: Starlink simulators deployed, Raptor relit in space, ship splashes down
Starship's tenth test flight on August 26 achieved every major objective: the ship deployed eight Starlink mass simulators in its first payload demonstration, relit a Raptor engine in space and splashed down in the Indian Ocean after a deliberately stressed reentry. The booster tested an engine-out landing burn.
- Launch: August 26, 2025, 6:30 p.m. CT from Starbase, Texas.
- First payload deployment from Starship: eight Starlink simulators released in orbit.
- Ship: in-space Raptor relight succeeded; controlled splashdown in Indian Ocean after stressed-reentry test.
- Booster: engine-out landing burn test before splashdown in Gulf of Mexico.