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SpaceX's Starship notches major flight test milestones, breaks up over Indian Ocean in final moments (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] zhunk@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I hope so, but if they launch on the suborbital trajectory again because they aren't certain about the Raptor relight for a deorbit burn, then I'm guessing a Starlink won't be able to deploy and raise its orbit in time to not also reenter.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, they'd need to be doing an orbital test for it to be worth the bother.