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Quick edit to this - they need two for the rotation to happen. Last time they lit two and one failed, so they did not have enough thrust to rotate it. This time they lit three and turned off one for the rotation, then turned off a second once it was rotated.

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It was three engines through the whole rotation. They turned off two within about a second of one another after transitioning out of rotation.

Yep, you’re right, just saw the video from SpaceX. Good call. This actually makes me wonder if they significantly changed the landing profile since they’re scrubbing velocity so much faster with three thrusters, it may explain why the single thruster landing portion seemed slow compared to previous attempts.

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