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Old December 10th 20, 12:19 AM posted to sci.space.policy
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Default 3 Raptor flight get 5+ minute burn and acrobatics

Didn't stick the landing, but Starship SN8 made the first 3-engine
Raptor flight, running a long burn, did the belly-flop into stable
terminal velocity flight, /relit/ the Raptors and flipped back to
vertical. Touchdown was with 1 Raptor, which wasn't as planned.

Elon's tweets are happy, RUD apparently due to insufficient header tank
pressure.

/dps

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