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I'm 99% confident Starship 11 was actually a sub-orbital test so you can't credit it for successfully entering orbit (my memory is confirmed by Gemini but cavea

• DennisP 8mo ago
  They did reach orbital velocity though. If they'd aimed slightly differently they would have attained orbit, and reentry was as difficult as if they had done that.
• hvb2 8mo ago
  Because when you're testing you put your rocket in an orbit that makes it reenter, but you can still show it has the performance to do it. They still need to show they can reliably relight the engines to deorbit. They're actually very good citizens there. Prove you can deorbit before putting anything in orbit