cubinator Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 8 minutes ago, JoeSchmuckatelli said: Oh yeah - watching the booster telemetry go from over 4,000 km/h at 20 km altitude to less than a thousand at 1km before lighting the rocket and then the hoover was amazing. The physicality of all that - wow! I was thinking "There is no way it's going to survive that acceleration, it's going to crumple" and "It's going to splash into the water at 1000 km/h like a pencil" simultaneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Footage wen? Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Woo, cameras are back! Not the same camera, it seems, but a camera, and that's something. And The Blue Danube is still going. Not half bad either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Ship is in the right orientation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Footage is back, and Starship appears to be not tumbling out of control! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Coverage is back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Altitude decreasing, reentry soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Under 130 kilometers in altitude. Things are probably getting interesting up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 oh nutbunnies. i missed it because i was landing on gilly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Heatshield pointing INTO the airstream, good sign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Looks like at least one tile is missing that wasn't missing before. Here goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 I can see it going over...something? Is that Madagascar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codraroll Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 They just passed a coastline. Winder where that is? I'm not good enough at geoguessing to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Ice is being blown back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 110 Kilometers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Just now, cubinator said: Heatshield pointing INTO the airstream, good sign Definitely better than the aternative! I'm keeping a close eye on speed. Altitude is dropping but speed is still increasing so there's no meaningful drag yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Heating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Here we go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Here we go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 We've got heating!! Beautiful cloud views. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Coming in hot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Less movement on the flaps = good. Seems like it is rock solid so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 (edited) Under 90 Kilometers Edited June 6, 2024 by Minmus Taster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Impressed by how stable it is. I can barely see movement at all -- only the very slowest adjustments show me that it's not just a frozen video. Speed is starting to drop. Gorgeous plasma sheath. Keep in mind that the main camera is mounted on the forward flap, so the lack of movement means that it is very very stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minmus Taster Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 Wow, just wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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