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LOS: 25707Km/h 65Km
If there is no AOS soon again, its gone.
LOS: 25707Km/h 65Km
Not being at the correct attitude during initial entry means a higher thermal and aero load later on. Add the +/- tumbling vehicle, and it should result in a meteor shower.If there is no AOS soon again, its gone.
Not being at the correct attitude during initial entry means a higher thermal and aero load later on. Add the +/- tumbling vehicle, and it should result in a meteor shower.
But the Soyuz can handle a balistic entry. This (and the Shuttle) are limited to a lifting entry.Yes, but if the aerodynamics control managed to stabilize it, it could have gone good. Soyuz also recovered some out of control situations.
Does anyone know if a partial boost back burn was done with the booster, or did it do a deceleration burn at any time? I'm wondering if it had sufficient ullage to relight.
But the Soyuz can handle a balistic entry. This (and the Shuttle) are limited to a lifting entry.
Thanks for this, I was on my phone and couldn't watch live.
Confirmation they had issues with the attitude control, leading to skipping the engine burn. And likely what was seen during reentry too.
SpaceX said:Super Heavy successfully lit several engines for its first ever landing burn before the vehicle experienced a RUD (that’s SpaceX-speak for “rapid unscheduled disassembly”). The booster’s flight concluded at approximately 462 meters in altitude and just under seven minutes into the mission.
Anyway, did the booster explode prior to impact, or just slam into the water at nearly sonic speeds? I mean, the entire stage is 73 meters long and it was moving at about 270 m/s. Did it make it all the way through the flight only to explode a second before its crash? That's strangely disappointing if it is true.