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The other external view we got was mounted on one of the other flaps, and we didn't get footage from it even after the camera we did get was obscured. So some
by Laremere 2y ago
The other external view we got was mounted on one of the other flaps, and we didn't get footage from it even after the camera we did get was obscured. So some amount of damage/overheating on multiple fins is likely.
- mulmen 2y agoI was wondering how much video bandwidth they have. Do they have all angles streaming all the time and they switch in the booth or can they only capture one video feed at a time? With that fin melting they may have just elected to stay focused on it.
- HPsquared 2y agoI don't know how they had any communications at all, doesn't the plasma surrounding the craft act as a Faraday cage? Edit: supposedly the Space Shuttle could also communicate with satellites during re-entry. There's a hole in the plasma behind the spacecraft and, Starship being large, must leave a bigger opening for the signals to pass through.
- ceejayoz 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_blackout#Spacecraft_reentry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_blackout#Spacec... > Until the creation of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), the Space Shuttle endured a 30-minute blackout. The TDRSS allowed the Shuttle to communicate by relay with a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite during re-entry, through a "hole" in the ionized air envelope at the tail end of the craft, created by the Shuttle's shape. Starlink's just much higher bandwidth.