After hurting each other for a while, the Starship finally welcomed its second launch.
This time, there was no terrifying scenario of "launch and lost contact"; the B7 booster core stage engine received the ignition command and smoothly began the ignition sequence, and the signal connection was quite normal.
Due to distance and angle, both of them couldn't see if all 33 engines were functioning properly, but they couldn't make out any problems for the time being.
Only when the booster had pushed the 120-meter-tall rocket body completely out of the smoke range did the condition of the first stage at the rear become fully visible.
All engines were... no, there was a gap in the middle, and another one on the outer edge.
Musk was certain that this time there wouldn't be debris from the diverter channel entering the engine and causing damage; it had to be a problem with the rocket itself.
Two engines had failed, 31 were working properly, which was still within his acceptable range.
