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CloudWatcher

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2. Flamey end pointing up

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2024, 08:59 PM

Jan 2024

Fyi Scott Manley reviewed the public telemetry and thinks that it basically landed wrong-way-up. There was a moderately tricky maneuver planned just before touchdown and if it didn't work ... well it seems like it's just not oriented correctly.

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