SpaceX has released slow-motion footage of a Raptor engine shutting down after a recent test fire. The video shows visible rings in the exhaust due to flow separation caused by operation at sea level and low chamber pressures.
Space X has shared dramatic slow-motion footage showing a Raptor engine powering down at the end of a recent test fire .
Recommended Videos Shutdown of a Raptor vacuum engine in slow motion. The engine’s nozzle is sized for use by Starship in the Earth’s upper atmosphere and outer space, so operation at sea level and low chamber pressures results in flow separation creating visible rings in the exhaust pic.twitter.com/1Z42WIRnX7 Related SpaceX doesn’t say by how much the footage has been slowed, but the detail visible in the exhaust suggests that it’s playing at way below the real speed.
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