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Old 26th Aug 2023, 09:27
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Lots of interest/concern at the RTLS re-entry burn.

Regardless it nailed the landing - which if there was an engine relight problem shows a remarkable level of redundancy in both hardware and software.

​​​​​​​SpaceX timeline called for 11-seconds of entry burn (short, but for RTLS), but this Booster only burned for about three seconds. Then fought a fair bit during the return but still managed to land!

Secondary to the smooth crew launch on Dragon, which all went well, but it is fascinating if the booster had an entry burn issue, but STILL got back to the landing site OK! Or SpaceX changed something and didn't update their timeline.

Let's see if we get an official answer during post-launch presser.…
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