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Re: Starship Flight 7

#91

Looks like second stage broke up over Caribbean, videos of the debris (as seen from ground): https://x.com/deankolson87/status/1880026759133032662?t=HdHF... https://x.com/realcamtem/status/1880026604472266800 https://x.com/adavenport354/status/1880026262254809115 Moment of the breakup: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE52_hVSeQz/

Probably one of the most expensive fireworks (but probably still cheaper than the first Ariane 5 launch), but it looks very cool.

Re: Starship Flight 7

#92

Looks like second stage broke up over Caribbean, videos of the debris (as seen from ground): https://x.com/deankolson87/status/1880026759133032662?t=HdHF... https://x.com/realcamtem/status/1880026604472266800 https://x.com/adavenport354/status/1880026262254809115 Moment of the breakup: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE52_hVSeQz/

Where will this debris land? Can it impact airplane routes?

Re: Starship Flight 7

#93

4M viewers. comparable to top politics events. ship looks to be lost. this was the main part, so it's almost complete failure.

these tests are designed to fail — the data collected now will ensure they don't blow up with actual people on them. test seems like a success to me

they didn't get the telemetry after, what it was, 16 min(?) hope they'll find the reason which will be hard without black boxes like on airplanes. as every engineer knows it works flawlessly only at the end. if ever.

the booster was the same, great, but not surprising.

Re: Starship Flight 7

#94
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I miss the time before X broke so many things, like official streams being on Twitch where I've already paid for ad free viewing.

My big gripe is that X videos don't seem to support Chromecast at all. I used to watch SpaceX launches on my TV :(

I now use AirPlay to extend a MacBook screen to my TV and play the stream that way. But it's so needlessly complicated compared to before :/

Re: Starship Flight 7

#95

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It is incredibly to me that Google doesn't seem to give a shit about this. It would be so easy to fix.

Feels like one SpaceX could and should deal with by DMCAing the channels. Even if getting people watching their official channel instead isn't that important to them, stopping people rebroadcasting their content whilst faking their brand identity to scam people feels like the most legitimate reason for sending takedowns going...

The channels are usually with stolen credentials. i.e. when you see an Elon Musk stream on your home page, it's because a creator you Subscribe to had their channel taken over and the content replaced with fake Musk streams.

Re: Starship Flight 7

#96
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This NASASpaceflight stream is up now: https://www.youtube.com/live/3nM3vGdanpw

...which has nothing to do with NASA the US government organization, or the NSF (FYI). It's just some independent streamers who apparently know you can't get trademark claims against you by the federal government.

Spoken like someone who is generating their opinion from their channel name alone.

Those "independent streamers" provide live launch streams with multiple feeds using their own equipment and to top it off they have numerous very knowledgeable hosts for all their streams. At this point I suspect they are covering every US based launch from all the major players. Hell, today they broadcasted both the New Glenn and Starship launches less than 24h apart.

But yeah, let's get hung up on an organization name that originated as an Internet forum for discussing all things....... NASA!

Re: Starship Flight 7

#97

Looks like second stage broke up over Caribbean, videos of the debris (as seen from ground): https://x.com/deankolson87/status/1880026759133032662?t=HdHF... https://x.com/realcamtem/status/1880026604472266800 https://x.com/adavenport354/status/1880026262254809115 Moment of the breakup: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE52_hVSeQz/

Looks like work of the Flight Termination System. Something measurable had to go very wrong.

Re: Starship Flight 7

#98

Looks like second stage broke up over Caribbean, videos of the debris (as seen from ground): https://x.com/deankolson87/status/1880026759133032662?t=HdHF... https://x.com/realcamtem/status/1880026604472266800 https://x.com/adavenport354/status/1880026262254809115 Moment of the breakup: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE52_hVSeQz/

The last one is stage separation, not an explosion. You can clearly see the "exploded" rocket continuing to fly afterwards.

Re: Starship Flight 7

#99

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I think that’s the normal shutdown order to reduce shock, the timing was exactly the expected second stage shutoff time if I understood it correctly.

One of the three sea level engines went out and stayed out. It didn’t look normal. The numbers stopped updating with one engine still on.

Right, I just watched it again and it didn’t look normal.

But interesting that telemetry showed the failures starting a few seconds before loss of telemetry, the videos posted here show a massive explosion later on. So something was going wrong for some time before, and the explosion was only a consequence of that.

Or it was the FTS reacting to the engine failures.

Re: Starship Flight 7

#100

Oh no they lost the ship after the booster landed! Seems like they lost an engine, then I saw fire around the rear flap hinges in the last images before they cut out, and then the telemetry showed more engines shutting down until it froze. During ascent I also noticed a panel near the front fins that seemed to be loose and flapping. Probably not related but who knows. Edit: Here's a video of the aftermath. Strangely…

What a celestial bonfire. It indeed has a haunting beauty.
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