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SpaceX hot staging video showing S25 engine gimballing (nitter.net)

submitted 1 year ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works

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https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/1726316194649846026#m

Watch the three center engines on Starship’s upper stage gimbaling just after separation. Right before they ignite for hot-staging, the engines angle themselves outward to direct their exhaust towards the vented interstage before re-centering for ascent.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very spectacular, but unfortunately a render rather than real footage.

Are you sure? The render you link to doesn't have the same engine gimbaling behavior seen in the SpaceX video. The brightness and shape of the hot staging plume is different as well.

[–] vrt3@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not the same video indeed, so I was wrong. Plus your video comes from SpaceX itself, so that should be legit.

In my mind the booster flipped around much faster after staging (though the live stream wasn't really detailed enough to show that).