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For roughly 10 seconds the telemetry reported 5 failed engines, then the last engine to fail re-ignited. But from the photos it looks like a total of 6 engines were off for longer period of time, 5 at the outer rim and 1 of the inner 3.

Thats 6 of 33 engines out, or 18.18%. Incredible it was still accelerating upwards



When 100% full of fuel, the stack has a thrust to weight ratio (TWR) of 1.5 (IIRC.)




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