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Old 14th October 2025 | 00:42
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ORAC
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Knocked it out of the park again.

Booster perfect launch and ocean landing as planned.

Starship perfect flight and landing, even though they deliberately left vital areas, such as on the belly over the lox tank, without any heat shield tiles or secondary protection - just the bare stainless steel of the hull.

Onward to flight 12 and the first flight of the updated V3 versions of both craft, with Raptor 3 engines and integral hot staging ring, from OLM 2.

OLM 1 will now undergoing a major rebuild, including the addition of a flame trench, before re-entering service.
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