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bigfatkitten 47 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Goes-19 weather satellite enters Safe Hold mode

I learned recently that it can also mean "the spacecraft exploded on the launchpad in an enormous fireball."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-29/blue-origin-rocket-ex...

DaiPlusPlus 47 days ago [–]

That's already known as "rapid unscheduled disassembly" - and happens so-often in spaceflight that it's hardly anomalous at this point.

waste_monk 46 days ago | [–]

I do love the term "lithobraking" as well.

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