• MacroCyclo
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    7 months ago

    What is this launch supposed to do? Launch and land or launch and orbit?

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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      7 months ago

      Launch ship to “near-orbit”, booster performs a soft “landing” in the Atlantic, ship performs a hard splashdown in the Pacific.

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        7 months ago

        In the very unlikely event that the Starship makes it to a nominal trajectory and survives re-entry, will it be attempting the flip-and-burn manoeuvre in the Pacific? Or are we talking a true hard splashdown/bellyflop?