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Also, there was an unusually large flame at the end of the liftoff. Maybe that already sealed SN9's fate.

At apogee? Pretty sure that final flame is expected.

At T+01:11 with 3 engines still lit (https://youtu.be/_zZ7fIkpBgs?t=397). Not the apogee one at T+04:34.

That’s just a bit of wraparound suction flame, no big deal.