Spaceflight 🚀1st #Starship landing in slow motion https://youtu.be/X8gCw2y2JNw
Full sequence : https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship
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2nd #Starship #launch 🚀 : What do you expect ? https://observer.com/2023/06/spacex-starship-second-test-elon-musk
Failure before MaxQ
Successful MECO (after hot staging)
Reaching orbit
Successful reentry & splashdown
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Anders Pedersen@spaceflight no option for "spectacular fireworks on the pad"?
@arrowdrive isn't that "before MaxQ" ? 🤔
@spaceflight hmm I suppose. To me that reads more as in the air though :)
shnonks@spaceflight I think the main failures last time were the lost engines and TVC, causing the uncontrolled spin. It sounds like they're addressing those with better engine reliability and electric instead of hydraulic TVC.
I think that means the next big failure point will be stage separation. Without knowing how they'll shield the 1st stage or what the release mechanisms are, I probably would have voted for "failure during stage sep" if that was an option.
@shnonks unfortunately those polls are restricted to 4 options
@spaceflight no worries. Even if you had 20 options, I'm sure some nerd (👋) would find a way to nitpick.
robbiI expect #Starship to make MECO and maybe orbit. I am not an expert, but I have been watching for quite some time. Visited Starbase several times. Exciting to see the progress. Break, fix, learn, and improve.
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