Starship Third Flight - Liftoff Good But Didn't Stick Either Landing
I missed it live, trying to maintain the good habits I was exercising at liftoff. But it certainly worked much better this time:
However then the booster didn't seem to re-ignite enough engines and it didn't slow down at the end:
Then there was insanely cool video of re-entry - until the plasma took away the video:
Then possibly there was another event of some kind and the upper stage must have also hit the drink. I'm surprised that there wasn't any video from the ocean surface at either re-entry site.
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| emerging from the mist |
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| 33 engines in parallel reminds me of the Soviet N-1 |
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| hot staging |
However then the booster didn't seem to re-ignite enough engines and it didn't slow down at the end:
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| only 3 engines at most |
Then there was insanely cool video of re-entry - until the plasma took away the video:
Then possibly there was another event of some kind and the upper stage must have also hit the drink. I'm surprised that there wasn't any video from the ocean surface at either re-entry site.
Anyway - pretty neat pictures.
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm
