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throw0101ayesterday at 3:24 AM3 repliesview on HN

> (as seen from ground)

As seen from a plane in the air with the break up right in front of it:

https://old.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1i34dki/starship_...


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mrandishyesterday at 4:22 AM

While the video post does mention "Right in front of us", and it may have appeared that way to the pilots, it wasn't. Gauging relative distance and altitude between aircraft in flight can be notoriously deceptive even to experts, especially in the case of intensely bright, massive, unfamiliar objects at very high speed and great distance.

The RUD was in orbit over 146 kilometers up and >13,000 mph. I'm sure using the FlightAware tracking data someone will work out the actual distance and altitude delta between that plane and the Starship 7 orbital debris. I suspect it was many dozens of miles away and probably still nearly orbital in altitude (~100km).

Spectacular light show though...

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varjagyesterday at 8:42 AM

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion

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IAmGraydonyesterday at 4:10 AM

That is absolutely insane. Honestly, I would probably assume a MIRV given the current environment.