@BenjaminDEKR: I once knew a dancer named Plasma Gap
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Elon Musk announces that Starlink satellites can simultaneously track Starship and maintain a data link through a plasma gap during reentry.
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I once knew a dancer named Plasma Gap
Elon Musk (@elonmusk): They said it couldn’t be done.
Dozens of Starlink satellites simultaneously track Starship at all times and close the link through a gap in the plasma that is located in the leeward region towards the aft end of the rocket.
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