SpaceX F9 : Starlink group 7-15 : VSFB SLC-4E : 22/23 February 2024 (04:11 UTC)

• #80 by catdlr on 25 Feb, 2024 00:54
• Quote from: john57sharp on 24 Feb, 2024 21:43

  Is this norminal? I’ve always associated green flame with engine death, or ignitors. Didn’t appear to happen on 7-14.
  
  John
  
  

  
  Yeah, it is, it all depends on lighting, it's the excess engine igniter fluid (TEA-TEB) being expelled. Harder to see it during a day landing or if the ASDS has the surface lighting turned on.  The fluid takes some time to burn off and if you see an F9 on its side in the integration building, you can usually see the three landing engines stained by it.
  
  here is another example from Starlink Group 7-12.
  https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxaLlxu0tLZpB9SdNpgNITCi_zBJCc2HM5?si=69-mMx55SVGHspqF

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• #81 by realnouns on 25 Feb, 2024 01:30
• Go Beyond returned to PoLB on Feb 24 @ 8:41am PT

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• #82 by realnouns on 25 Feb, 2024 18:31
• Debra C + OCISLY + B1061 returned to PoLB on Feb 25 @ 7:06am PT / 10:06am ET

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• #83 by catdlr on 25 Feb, 2024 18:56
• https://twitter.com/ShorealoneFilms/status/1761813334339584071
  
  

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  Hey look who’s back from space!!! a #SpaceX #falcon9 booster back home after 19 flights to space and back. 02-25-24.
  @SpaceOffshore

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