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SpaceX Starship returns to landing pad from orbit, acing test for reusable rockets

By Joey Roulette STARBASE, Texas, Nov 14 (Reuters) – SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft on Saturday returned from a 22-hour voyage in orbit and descended for the first time into the grasp of giant mechanical arms at the Texas tower it was launched from a day earlier, a catch that is essential to the company’s decade-long effort to develop a fully reusable rocket. The 171-foot-tall (52-meter) Starship fell out of thick clouds over SpaceX’s Starbase launch site, reignited engines to flip itself vertical

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Coverage
6 outlets · 6 articles
first · latest
Reporting countries
Bangladesh, Portugal, Singapore
English
Countries concerned
Bangladesh, Singapore, United States
Technology · intensity 0.0 · tone 0.17
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Covered mainly by the Global South sphere (60%); silent in Sino-Russian & BRICS.

Western 20%Sino-Russian & BRICS 0%Arab-Muslim world 20%Global South 60%

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  • Confirmed by 5 outlets in 3 countries.
  • Ignored by Sino-Russian & BRICS.
  • Propagation: first reported by srnnews.com (Portugal), . 5 outlets republished 1 headline word for word.

Headline clash across the four spheres

Western
Sino-Russian & BRICS

No outlet in this sphere covers the event: blind spot.

Arab-Muslim world
Global South

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Event sources

  1. SpaceX Starship returns to landing pad from orbit, acing test for reusable rockets
    srnnews.comPortugalPortugal → United StatesEnglish
  2. SpaceX Starship returns to landing pad from orbit, acing test for reusable rockets
    Channel News AsiaSingapourSingapore → SingaporeEnglish
  3. SpaceX Starship returns to landing pad from orbit, acing test for reusable rockets
    The Straits TimesSingapourSingapore → SingaporeEnglish
  4. SpaceX Starship returns to landing pad from orbit, acing test for reusable rockets
    businesstimes.com.sgSingapourSingapore → SingaporeEnglish
  5. SpaceX Starship returns to landing pad from orbit, acing test for reusable rockets
    cnbctv18.comBDBangladesh → BangladeshEnglish