Santo Domingo.- According to reports from electronic media in the United States and publications on social networks, remains of the Starshipthe largest and most powerful rocket in the world, crossed the north of the Dominican Republic.
The ship had previously taken off from the SpaceX base in Boca Chica, south Texason the border with Mexico. The company is run by Elon Musk.
«The rubble (of Starship) were seen breaking up over the Dominican Republic,” wrote the High Priority News X account.
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Social network users in Dominican Republic They have spread images of whitish, green and orange flashes moving at high speed over the waters of the Atlantic Ocean near the city of Montecristi (northwest).
A manager of the Civil defense who requested reservations of his name, told EFE that they have no reports of human or property damage, but confirmed what happened.
The images were also captured from Santiago (north) and Valverde (northwest).
The SpaceX company He noted that during the live broadcast he had lost contact with the rocket, which was due to land in the Indian Ocean.
However, the takeoff itself had no problems, and even the first stage, the Super Heavy, managed to return to the ground, to the base, and be caught by the pincers in spectacular fashion, for the second time.
«The Starship spacecraft suffered a rapid disassembly and unforeseen during his ascent. “Teams will continue to review data from today’s flight test to better understand the root cause,” he said. SpaceX on social network X.
The lost ship was to fly in a suborbital trajectory for approximately an hour, after which it planned to land in the Indian Ocean, as in the latest tests.
In these initial test flights, the idea is not to reach orbit but to circle the planet and descend tail-first and rocket-propelled into the Indian Ocean.
