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Two boosters are intentionally offset a bit. Don't remember the exact reason but something about different radar signatures to tell them apart.
by mellow-lake-day 8y ago
Two boosters are intentionally offset a bit. Don't remember the exact reason but something about different radar signatures to tell them apart.
- lrkrmstr 8y agoThey do this to prevent the two boosters from interfering with each other's guidance systems, which I believe uses radar. I recall from the first FH launch that the two boosters landed almost simultaneously and that was a fluke, they wanted to land then staggered a little bit. Thankfully the guidance systems still did their jobs.