On Thursday SpaceX did a test flight where Starship SN8 launched to about 12.5 KM and would attempt a belly flop landing (image below taken from spaceflightinsider.com). SpaceX's first attempt at launching SN8 was scrubbed due to a RAA (Raptor Auto Abort), one day later the second launch attempt was not scrubbed and SN8 launched for the first and final time. at T+01:40 one out of SN8's three Raptor Engines cut out as it was slowing down to get to 12.5 KM. At T+03:14 the second to last Raptor Engine shut off as SN8 approached 12.5 KM. The one remaining Raptor would stay on till T+04:39, there shortly after it would turn over on its belly to use it's "Elonirons" to have a controlled decent. At T+06:32 two out of three of SN8s Raptors reignited to attempt a landing, after this it left its belly flop and at T+06:39 one of the two reignited Raptor flamed out causing to much oxygen to enter the other causing its flame to go green. I will have a video on my YouTube Channel explaining why this happened. All time stamps were gather via SpaceX's stream links to all sources down below
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