Starship reached orbit on a shortened test
A successful milestone did not mean the original flight plan was completed.
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In this lesson: Distinguish deployment from return timing and interpret approximation.
Grammar in this story: A result described with -ing
bringing the spacecraft down in the Pacific
The -ing phrase describes the result or means of shortening the flight, with controllers as the implied actor.
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Summarise an achieved milestone and a planned milestone that was not completed.
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Starship entered orbit and deployed 26 Starlink satellites. Controllers shortened the flight, so the originally planned roughly six orbits were not all completed.
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