Watch SpaceX Attempt To Catch The Starship Upper Stage For The First Time

SpaceX launched its 15th Starship test flight from Texas on Friday, aiming to perform the first-ever double catch by recovering the Super Heavy V3 booster with the launch tower's chopstick arms and then landing the Ship upper stage a day later. The booster catch succeeded, while the Ship remained in orbit and was scheduled to attempt its own tower catch shortly after 4 p.m. ET Saturday, a maneuver SpaceX has never tried before. The flight also deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, advancing the vehicle's payload objectives. The milestone matters because full reusability of both stages is central to SpaceX's plans to lower launch costs and ramp up Starlink deployment and Starship missions. What to watch next is whether the Ship's catch attempt succeeds and how quickly SpaceX moves toward reusing the upper stage on subsequent flights.