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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
THE HAPPENING WORLD: SpaceX Starlink Launch: Payloads Orbited Successfully, Booster Recovery Fails
I have started this SpaceX video of the mission just before the start of the entry burn for the first stage booster at 6 minutes after launch. Everything appears normal until the end of the entry burn, at which point there is a prolonged bright light at the right of the frame after the three engines were expected to cut off. At the scheduled time of landing, there is a brief orange glow to the right of the drone ship, and that's it. Interestingly, mission control, which usually calls out the start of the landing burn, was silent at the time it would have been expected.
Posted at February 16, 2021 12:22