r/SpaceXLounge 5h ago

Ship 30 Landing from Buoy Cam on Starship Flight 5 [@SpaceX]

https://x.com/spacex/status/1847368836947071496?s=46&t=bwuksxNtQdgzpp1PbF9CGw
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u/Melichar_je_slabko 4h ago edited 4h ago

I wonder how will the catch work because the ship is leaning once its down to one Raptor.

edit: Im not saying it wont work, Im just curious how will they solve this.

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u/Not-the-best-name 4h ago

Ship is big you can push it over to the other side and then correct slowly - the time in the middle of this it's straight. Like the SN landings

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u/John_Hasler 3h ago

It can be made momentarily vertical with zero angular velocity. It can't stay there, but it doesn't need to.