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Re:Starship – SN8 – High-Altitude Flight Test by smiley1437 on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:03PM (#25368084)
If you look at the timer, it's almost certainly planned

Engine 1 cuts off 1m45s after launch

Engine 2 cuts off 1m28s after engine 1

Engine 3 cuts off 1m28s after engine 2 and then SN8 goes into glide testing.

The extra time on all 3 engines is probably to gain sufficient height?

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