There was a good launch, good separation, and a good insertion.
All 6 engines were reignited on Starship. They got through the second stage burn.
They could not deploy the Dummy starlink satellites. They could not open the doors of the bay.
They reflew a super heavy booster for the first time.
They canceled the Raptor relight of the Starship engines. They have lost orientation (attitude) control but will still try to reenter and go to the Indian Ocean. However, loss of orientation control means they have to get super lucky to actually reach the Indian Ocean intact. They vented the fuel and are making an uncontrolled re-entry.
Going from block 1 to block 2 and new Raptor engines caused a lot of problems.
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