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Following a failed deorbit burn, a Falcon 9 upper stage reenters over Northern Europe (bsky.app)

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Per Jonathan McDowell, a.k.a. "the orbital police":

The Falcon 9 second stage from the Starlink 11-4 launch failed to deorbit itself on Feb 2. It reentered over Northern Europe last night, with entry over the Irish Sea at 0343 UTC Feb 19 and the reentry track extending to Poland and Ukraine a couple of minutes later

Video of reentry captured by ‪@dutchspace.bsky.social

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

Well, thanksfully, the FAA has said their senior administrators are entirely fine with this

[–] Shmandom@feddit.uk 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

SpaceX engineers were already being onboarded at the agency under Schedule A, a special authority that allows government managers to “hire persons with disabilities without requiring them to compete for the job,” according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

so DEI. much hypocritical.