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Re:NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% bud... by bpodgursky on Friday February 21, 2025 @03:23PM (#43132497)
Starship has made orbit several times.
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Re:NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% bud... by bryanlarsen on Friday February 21, 2025 @03:34PM (#43132633)
To be pedantic, Starship has made orbital velocity several times. It didn't circularize enough to be a full orbit. A full orbit would have been irresponsible. Blue Origin has left a massive trail of space junk from their last test mission because they went for an ambitious orbit rather than one that would passively deorbit immediately.

https://x.com/shell_jim/status/1891842756500222212

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Re:NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% bud... by ben_w on Friday February 21, 2025 @03:29PM (#43132559)
Kinda. They demonstrated orbital delta-v, but the perigee was always low enough to guarantee re-enter atmosphere after just half an orbit from launch, because of SpaceX's unreadiness to confidently perform a controlled de-orbit otherwise.
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Re:NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% bud... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Friday February 21, 2025 @03:28PM (#43132546)
No it has not. Cite a source please.
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