SpaceX completed Starship Flight 13, with the spacecraft and booster carrying out their planned controlled splashdowns, CNN reports.
The Starship upper stage splashed down in the Indian Ocean. The Super Heavy booster, which separated about two minutes after liftoff, completed its manoeuvre in the Gulf of Mexico.
During the mission, the vehicle deployed 20 test Starlink V3 satellites. SpaceX later confirmed that teams had established contact with all 20 spacecraft.
The satellites were not intended to remain in orbit: they followed a suborbital trajectory and burned up in the atmosphere about 20 minutes after deployment.
Flight 13 was the second test of the Starship V3 configuration. The previous flight of this version in May underperformed because of a series of engine shutdowns.
The launch followed an aborted attempt a week earlier and a weather delay. The completed flight tested satellite deployment, an in-space engine relight and controlled returns of both stages.
