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echoangle01/16/20252 repliesview on HN

I think that’s the normal shutdown order to reduce shock, the timing was exactly the expected second stage shutoff time if I understood it correctly.


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elif01/16/2025

Incorrect it failed asymmetricaly in such a way that would pitch the vehicle in circles. Normally the sea level raptors are turned off and the space raptors are slowly brought down together.

ceejayoz01/16/2025

One of the three sea level engines went out and stayed out. It didn’t look normal. The numbers stopped updating with one engine still on.

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