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Starship Flight 7

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678 points chinathrow | 1 comments | 16 Jan 25 21:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | 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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9cb14c1ec0 ◴[16 Jan 25 23:23 UTC] No.42732232[source]▶
Given that the engine telemetry shown on the broadcast showed the engines going out one by one over a period of some seconds, I could easily imagine some sort of catastrophic failure on a single engine that cascaded.
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1. idlewords ◴[17 Jan 25 01:07 UTC] No.42732940[source]▶
There's a flickering flame briefly visible on the flap hinge of the second stage in the last footage it sent down.