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SpaceX Engineers Remove Starship 40 Thermal Tiles in Indian Ocean

August 28, 2026, 09:01 UTC · Hawthorne, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window

SpaceX engineers removed thermal shield tiles from the recovered Starship 40 in the Indian Ocean.

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