Satellite imagery captures race to recover 170-foot SpaceX Starship in the Indian Ocean

Summary by The El Paso Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: CNN Newsource, as published by KVIA ABC-7 · August 3, 2026 · 1 min read

By Jackie Wattles, Thomas Bordeaux, CNN (CNN) — Scores of space exploration enthusiasts have been tracking the journey of SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype, which wound up floating in the Indian Ocean after the company’s latest test flight. Now, satellites have captured mind-bending images of b...

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