Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT)

Re:Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT) by gnarbarian on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @05:10PM (#42188646)

Any word why they scrapped the booster catch?

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Re:Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT) by JoshuaJB on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @05:30PM (#42188792)

No official word, but the communication antenna on the tower appears to be damaged [1]. Seems likely that played a role.

[1] https://x.com/CSI_Starbase/status/1858998330401190375

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Re:Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT) by MegaDeKay on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:08PM (#42189834)

Strange how it is leaning to one side but otherwise looks just fine. I'd have thought that anything with enough force to push it over like that would have caused other more visible damage. Pretty grainy video though.

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Re:Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT) by bandyaboot on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @05:33PM (#42188805)

Whatever it was, it seems more likely that it was a booster issue than anything relating to the tower given that they were initially go for the catch. It was only during the boostback burn that they scrapped it.

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Re:Starship IFT-6 Livestream (liftoff at 4pm CT) by bandyaboot on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @02:10PM (#42197121)

The spacex website indicates that it was indeed an automated check of the tower that caused the catch to be scrapped.

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