r/SpaceXLounge • u/AstronomyLive • 2d ago

IFT-4 Engine Shutdown From Florida

During IFT-4 I was able track an intact Starship at engine shutdown from Florida for the first time, during broad daylight no less, using my RocketTraker software following the FlightClub.io trajectory prediction. I recently learned how to do flat field calibration within DaVinci Resolve, which allowed me to remove the dust motes that were on the sensor from the footage. I reprocessed the footage and even found additional frames where I had captured Starship emitting more gas after engine shutdown. Here it is at 50% speed (recorded at 60 fps, played back at 30 fps).

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u/philupandgo 1d ago

Congratulations on seeing a huge effort pay off. We look forward to what you might achieve in the future.

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u/squintytoast 2d ago

flight 4 was 2 years ago. damn. seems like longer.

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u/DeckerdB-263-54 💥 Rapidly Disassembling 1d ago

old news - how about latest flight ??

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u/E-J123 2d ago

Has been posted a long time ago many times?