The second stage of starship successfully separated from the first stage!
https://www.youtube.com/live/6na40SqzYnU
Edit: replaced picture with video. Here’s the original screenshot.
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Just saw that live! That 1st stage explosion was sick.
I agree! I can’t wait to hear the cause of RUD though. Was it really FTS or was it damage from the hot staging?
From the SpaceX overlay graphic, it seems like a number of engines went out shortly after the relight for the boostback burn, around T+02:53. Asymmetric thrust and loss of control might have triggered the FTS.
Good catch. I was so focused on Starship and it’s engines. I guess the question now is whether it was because of the engines or or tank pressure?
Indeed!
Here’s a link to the full clip https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/1725863437887242515#m