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SpaceX's second full-scale Star One p test flight, designated OFT-2 or IFT-2, calls for South Texas per stage Raptor engines to burn for around six minutes.
Stars a few hundred feet he atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean and target a predawn splashdown northwest of Hawaii.
The Super Heavy booster w Cape Canaveral pt Florida rolled splashdown in the sea after falling away from the Starship upper stage.
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