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Starship's Tenth Flight Test

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364 points metalman | 6 comments | 26 Aug 25 23:22 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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chasd00 ◴[27 Aug 25 00:38 UTC] No.45034091[source]▶
Just saw the splash down. I think this was 100% successful test.
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1. Geee ◴[27 Aug 25 00:42 UTC] No.45034127[source]▶
Yes, although one booster engine failed at the start. Not a big deal. :)
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2. rlt ◴[27 Aug 25 00:57 UTC] No.45034223[source]▶
The nice thing about SpaceX’s rapid iteration philosophy (and having Starlink as its first “customer”) is that they can account for engine unreliability by building extra margin into early launches, fly with reduced payloads, collect data on failures, and improve the reliability over time.
3. imglorp ◴[27 Aug 25 01:55 UTC] No.45034619[source]▶
They said ahead of time they were shutting one booster engine down to test redundancy.
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4. itishappy ◴[27 Aug 25 02:06 UTC] No.45034675[source]▶
They did that too, but they also had an early engine failure. No big deal, they're redundant, and the booster they caught during flight 8 suffered worse.
5. ericcumbee ◴[27 Aug 25 02:12 UTC] No.45034721[source]▶
that was on the landing burn. they had a engine out on the ascent.
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6. indoordin0saur ◴[27 Aug 25 13:42 UTC] No.45039561{3}[source]▶
Yes. Looks like it ignited and ran correctly for the first few minutes though.