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Starship Flight 7

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649 points chinathrow | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 21:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.254s | source
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terramex ◴[16 Jan 25 23:04 UTC] No.42732041[source]▶
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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teractiveodular ◴[16 Jan 25 23:13 UTC] No.42732149[source]▶
The last one is stage separation, not an explosion. You can clearly see the "exploded" rocket continuing to fly afterwards.
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anothertroll456 ◴[17 Jan 25 00:02 UTC] No.42732545[source]▶
Nope. That's definitely an explosion (source: I'm in the rocket business). However it may not be an explosion of the whole stage. Probably of the engine section.
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1. anothertroll456 ◴[17 Jan 25 00:25 UTC] No.42732691[source]▶
Nevermind. It was probably the FTS like other people pointed out.