News Changes to the SpaceX BFR rocket.

[GLS]

Booster "landing"!

 

[GLS]

Starship shutdown!

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Lot of popcorn coming off the TPS.

EDIT Might be ice?

 

[GLS]

Coming up on door opening... meanwhile some smoke floating inside the vehicle.

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Some sort of vapor floating about in the payload bay.

 

[GLS]

The door is now open!

 

[GLS]

Sats being send away!

 

[GLS]

Sats being send away!

Hitting the vehicle on their way out...

 

[GLS]

Door closed!

 

[Urwumpe]

The rotation of the mass dummys and the oscillations during deployment might be because of a wrong CoG of the dummys relative to the attachments. Lets hope it doesn't happen with production satellites.

 

[GLS]

Engine re-light!

 

[GLS]

Looks like one of the aft flaps has damage...

 

[GLS]

Looks like one of the aft flaps has damage...

It is damaged. That area was "heat stained" after the suborbital insertion.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960493312982622316

 

[GLS]

Big damage in the engine area!!!

 

[PhantomCruiser]

That was skirt was impressive

 

[GLS]

Melting going on on the (previously) undamaged aft flap...

 

[Thunder Chicken]

That was explodey...

 

[Urwumpe]

Its just a flesh wound.

(But seriously, if it was a COPD, it might be a risk for "landing" burn)

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Stunning views! The plasma bloom is gorgeous

 

[GLS]

Melting going on also on the bottom side...