During a webcast of the flight, SpaceX commentators revealed that mission control lost communication with Starship due to simultaneous signal dropout from two separate satellite systems when the spacecraft was re-entering Earth's atmosphere at hypersonic speed.
About an hour after launch from south Texas, the spacecraft was close to its planned splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Shortly after a live video feed from a mounted camera showed high-definition views, contact with Starship was lost.
