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Re:Starship Flight 7 by Polizeiposaune on Thursday January 16, 2025 @06:19PM (#42732203)
No, if that was taken from the Bahamas, that's an explosion connected to the loss of the 2nd stage.

Staging happens closer to the Texas coast and I don't believe you'd have line of sight to it from the Bahamas.

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Re:Starship Flight 7 by pixl97 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @06:25PM (#42732245)
I'd say it might be after the loss of the craft. It was losing engines for a while then lost telemetry. This would have been a bit later when it started tumbling in the atmosphere on re-entry. Hopefully we'll know for sure in a few days.
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