Looks like one of the landing legs is damaged?
Quote from: unison8557 on 11/23/2025 08:02 amLooks like one of the landing legs is damaged?No, it appears fine. All the same extension and angleThe video clip highlighted here showed a normal landing. The flames are normal.Landing cliphttps://youtube.com/clip/UgkxgBlrMxxP1Kn6fOHd0LYPvR6-N1daCUsN?si=YjXOMhw2TOUXIlTp
Magnus B - Space Coast West@spacecoastwestThe 100th Falcon 9 booster, B1100 delivers its first payload with the launch of Starlink 11-30 and 28 Starlink satellites to a low earth orbit from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California
Quote from: catdlr on 11/23/2025 08:12 amQuote from: unison8557 on 11/23/2025 08:02 amLooks like one of the landing legs is damaged?No, it appears fine. All the same extension and angleThe video clip highlighted here showed a normal landing. The flames are normal.Landing cliphttps://youtube.com/clip/UgkxgBlrMxxP1Kn6fOHd0LYPvR6-N1daCUsN?si=YjXOMhw2TOUXIlTpI was looking at the left landing leg - it seemed like it was bouncing around right after landing. But looking closer it's obviously just an artifact making it vibrate just a little out of sync with the rest of the frame.
rykllan@_rykllan#Falcon9 fairing halves of #Starlink 11-30
SpaceX@SpaceXDeployment of 28 @Starlink satellites confirmed
SpaceX@SpaceXFalcon 9 launches 28 @Starlink satellites from California
This was the first flight of Booster 1100, the 100th Falcon 9 booster!
https://x.com/turkeybeaver/status/1992626203522437571Kiko Dontchev confirms the booster ID:QuoteThis was the first flight of Booster 1100, the 100th Falcon 9 booster!
The 💯 Falcon 9 booster, B1100.1 returns to the Port of Long Beach following its first flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
On December 17, Starlink experienced an anomaly on satellite 35956, resulting in loss of communications with the vehicle at 418 km. The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in semi-major axis by about 4 km, and the release of a small number of trackable low relative velocity objects. SpaceX is coordinating with the @USSpaceForce and @NASA to monitor the objects. The satellite is largely intact, tumbling, and will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and fully demise within weeks. The satellite's current trajectory will place it below the @Space_Station, posing no risk to the orbiting lab or its crew. As the world’s largest satellite constellation operator, we are deeply committed to space safety. We take these events seriously. Our engineers are rapidly working to root cause and mitigate the source of the anomaly and are already in the process of deploying software to our vehicles that increases protections against this type of event.
According to SpaceX, on Dec 17 one of the Group 11-30 satellites, Starlink 35956 (66629, 2025-271N), suffered a failure with venting of the propulsion tank and release of some debris objects. This is reflected in a 3km dip in the orbit tracking seen here
Ed Lu@astroEdLuWe @LeoLabs_Space are tracking hundreds of debris objects associated with @starlink 35396. As per usual, these objects tend to spread out along the orbital track, and have already spread out over 6000km.
https://x.com/astroEdLu/status/2002171311062425959
LeoLabs orbital diagnostics tools captured early evidence of the SpaceX Starlink 35956 fragment creation event on 17 Dec 2025. We quickly assessed that the satellite’s initial drop in orbital altitude was likely caused by an internal energetic source rather than a collision with space debris or another object.LeoLabs Global Radar Network immediately detected tens of objects in the vicinity of the satellite after the event. Additional fragments may have been produced — analysis is ongoing. Due to the low altitude of the event, fragments from this anomaly will likely de-orbit within a few weeks. We’ll continue to monitor the situation and deliver safety information to operators as needed.
U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) has confirmed an anomalous debris event of STARLINK-35956 (INTLDES 2025-271, 66629), which likely occurred 18 Dec 25 at 0140 UTC. There is no assessed risk to the ISS. Analysis is ongoing. Please refer to SpaceX for additional information on this event.
Imagery collected by Vantor’s WorldView-3 satellite about 1 day after the anomaly shows that @starlink Satellite 35956 is largely intact. The 12-cm resolution image was collected over Alaska from 241 km away. We appreciate the rapid response by @vantortech to provide this imagery. Additional data suggest that there is a small number of trackable debris objects from the event, and we expect the satellite and debris to reenter and fully demise within weeks.
We partnered with SpaceX to rapidly image a Starlink satellite following a reported on-orbit anomaly. Within hours, we used our WorldView Space capability to collect a 12 cm non-Earth image that provided visual intelligence about the condition of the spacecraft. WorldView-3 was 241 km away from the Starlink when it collected this image, which shows the satellite is largely intact. SpaceX will use this image to further assess the spacecraft’s condition. “Our Collection Planning team responded within hours to an urgent commercial customer request to gain visual intelligence on a satellite that had lost communications,” said Todd Surdey, EVP and General Manager of Enterprise and Emerging Products. “By leveraging our non-Earth imaging capabilities and expanded collection capacity, we were able to move quickly and provide confirmation that the satellite was mostly intact, enabling SpaceX to assess potential damage.” This collection highlights how responsive space operations can deliver actionable insights in the most time-sensitive situations.
According to the US Space Force TIP (Target Impact Prediction) the Starlink 35956 satellite, which suffered an internal failure on Dec 18 and generated as-yet-uncataloged debris, has reentered over N Queensland and Papua New Guinea at about 0713 UTC Jan 17
