@Grandalf@aus.social to add one kind of important detail, reaching orbit was not part of this operation intentionally.

They had designed the operation to splash down in the Pacific Ocean at the farthest without going into orbit, my understanding being that SpaceX was not counting on this test flight to be completely reliable, and so they intentionally did not risk going into orbit where things could be less controllable.

So orbit was never on the table and that fact helps show that this lunch was a success. This was a test vessel and it successfully tested things.