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the instability was due to partial engine relight


It looked to me like there was some major oscillations shortly before the engines relit though.


Yea. If I had to make an uneducated guess I'm thinking one of two things.

1. Starship is leaky. Outgassing and/or leaky valves made attitude control difficult and used up ullage gasses quickly.

2. Thrust control/RCS has programming or physical issues. Saw a lot of ice breaking off places near deorbit, so if you had ice building up and redirecting gas the ship wouldn't perform as the computer expects.




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