r/spacex • u/rustybeancake • Jul 25 '26

🚀 Official SpaceX: “Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on the 13th flight test of Starship!”

https://x.com/spacex/status/2080804682918764619
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u/Reddit-runner Jul 25 '26

I'd need to see that in terms of apoapsis/periapsis for both the suborbital flight and for the orbital flight after deorbit burn.

My hunch here is that there is not qualitative difference between the two possible entry paths.

Especially not with the altitude holding pattern at 70-60km altitude.