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Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames (interestingengineering.com)
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[โ€“] rImITywR@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What you're talking about is usually referred to as a de-orbit burn. Sure somebody could call it a reentry burn, but not SpaceX. What SpaceX calls a reentry burn is the maneuver when a Falcon 9 booster lights its engines as it first hits the atmosphere to slow down and move the heating away from it's body. Neither the super heavy booster nor the ship make a maneuver like this.

IFT3 did not make a de-orbit burn, and there is not one planned for IFT4 either.

[โ€“] KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Thanks for the correction and clarification. Looks like I'll have to return my degree from KSP academy.