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I wonder if they throttle back the central booster to ensure its fuel lasts longer than the two outside boosters. This is likely far easier than the cross-feed
by nbanks 9y ago
I wonder if they throttle back the central booster to ensure its fuel lasts longer than the two outside boosters. This is likely far easier than the cross-feed system though it would lower the total thrust.
- schiffern 9y agoBingo! http://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy http://www.spacex.com/falcon-heavy "Shortly after liftoff the center core engines are throttled down. After the side cores separate, the center core engines throttle back up to full thrust."