(04-07-2024, 11:48 PM)EndtheMadnessNow Wrote: Zero to Mach 1 in less than 60 seconds, before Max Q.
I'm assuming that object in your photos is one of the Falcon 9 fairing halves. The fairings, which protect the payload during launch, are equipped with thrusters and parachutes to guide them back to Earth where they can be retrieved from the ocean. Here's a photo of one from an earlier launch:
This is the most probable and likely explanation that I have heard. Thank You!
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