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		dzader on April 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship rocket explodes minutes after laun... they said it would take ~6 seconds from engine ignition to takeoff in one of the streams. everything was working as planned at that point afaik

malfist on April 20, 2023 [–]

Ditto, this hover then takeoff was planned.

That's why on the live stream you see T0 and then T+0:06 you see "liftoff". The hover was planned.

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