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terramex ◴[16 Jan 25 23:04 UTC] No.42732041[source]▶

>>42731091 (OP) #

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/

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inglor_cz ◴[16 Jan 25 23:13 UTC] No.42732146[source]▶

>>42732041 #

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

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[16 Jan 25 23:46 UTC] No.42732422[source]▶

>>42732146 #

> Something measurable had to go very wrong

Or slightly wrong. An FTS is programmed to be conservative. Particularly on unmanned flights. Doubly particularly on reëntry. Triply so on experiments bits.

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2. DeepYogurt ◴[17 Jan 25 01:23 UTC] No.42733036[source]▶

>>42732422 (TP) #

Depends on the programmers I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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3. JumpCrisscross ◴[17 Jan 25 01:27 UTC] No.42733061[source]▶

>>42733036 #

> Depends on the programmers I guess

It depends on the Air Force.

4. BuyMyBitcoins ◴[17 Jan 25 05:38 UTC] No.42734425[source]▶

>>42733036 #

All of the exception handling was spent on the try/catch of the booster.

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