According to CNBC, SpaceX conducted the 15th flight test of its Starship on Friday, failing to catch and recover the booster and instead directing it to splash down in the Gulf of Mexico. The upper-stage spacecraft continued into orbit, with reports indicating it deployed 26 Starlink v3 satellites. The spacecraft is scheduled to complete 14 orbits around Earth and, pending success, return to Starbase on Saturday. The above reflects flight progress and plans at the time of reporting and does not imply that the upper stage has completed its return or that both stages have been recovered. Citing an FAA spokesperson, CNBC reported that the previously secured flight test license was not affected by U.S. flight groundings.