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		baja_blast on April 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after laun... If the separation did not fail it probably would have made it to orbit.

perihelions on April 20, 2023 [–]

First-stage burnout speed was too low for orbit, I think. Telemetry peaked at 2,148 km/hour = 597 m/s – I don't know the nominal values but this seems non-viable to me.

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