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Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT)

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80 points grecy | 3 comments | 19 Nov 24 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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marviel ◴[19 Nov 24 22:06 UTC] No.42188615[source]▶
unfortunately they had to scrap the booster Catch, due to undisclosed factors.
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Ancalagon ◴[19 Nov 24 22:12 UTC] No.42188662[source]▶
did they land it on the barge instead?
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teractiveodular ◴[19 Nov 24 22:13 UTC] No.42188667[source]▶
No, it was a water splashdown. Looked silky smooth though, they likely could have caught it again had they tried.
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1. xnx ◴[19 Nov 24 22:15 UTC] No.42188688[source]▶
Water splashdown did look very smooth. I seemed like they cut the video before it exploded (I assume), but hopefully there's some third-party footage or SpaceX will release it later.

Update: Looks like Spaceflight Now has the explosion at https://www.youtube.com/live/dtmvbQDou4I at about 90 minutes in

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2. perihelions ◴[19 Nov 24 22:30 UTC] No.42188790[source]▶
There's a better camera here which shows the aftermath,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjDFirLcQDM (Everyday Astronaut)

Landing is at about T+06:42.

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3. maxerickson ◴[20 Nov 24 00:45 UTC] No.42189691[source]▶
Boom is here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/DjDFirLcQDM?feature=shared&t=11...

This is a bit before that:

https://www.youtube.com/live/DjDFirLcQDM?feature=shared&t=11...