Everything nominal so far and payload deployment was successful for the first time. Re-entry starts at around T+0:45.
Which is in about 4 minutes.
And it splashed down successfully too.
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#42Just saw the splash down. I think this was 100% successful test.
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#43Successful splashdown! Looks like they nailed all the objectives, and not a moment too soon.
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#45I'm amazed the thing landed right next to the Buoy, and was seen from the BuoyCam.
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#46Dude, they nailed it. Amazing.
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#47Incredible.
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#49Some kind of failure in the lower engine area. Figure it's going to burn up on entry? EDIT: made it. I suppose it was meant to blow up on landing in the ocean? It would have been nice to examine the burned components — but perhaps they had not intended to retrieve it that far away anyway.
It made it, but there was some toastyness on the bottom of the lower flaps. This said, it is less bad than we've seen on the other 2 landings.
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#50Landed on target in the Indian Ocean! Engines relit successfully and it touched down vertically (and then promptly exploded, which I guess was the plan :)
I thought it exploded after it landed?
Well, yes, it landed in the ocean by design and toppled over because that's what happens when you land a 50m tall spaceship vertically in water.