SpaceX Flight 15 booster diverts to splashdown, missing planned double catch

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[SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California] Sundry Photography/iStock Editorial via Getty Images SpaceX’s (SPCX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SPCX]) Super Heavy booster diverted to an ocean splashdown instead of returning for capture by the launch tower’s mechanical arms during Starship Flight 15, according to the live mission update provided for this report. The reason for the aborted capture wasn't immediately clear. The diversion ends the mission’s prospect of achieving SpaceX’s (SPCX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SPCX]) planned first recovery of both rocket stages using tower catches. The company had intended to catch Super Heavy shortly after launch, followed by the Starship upper stage after a much longer orbital mission.