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Yes - Meissner effect is also called Flux Pinning. Superconductor will remain pinned to the magnet in any orientation. Diamagnet will only repel. The video shows horizontal hover - that confirms Meissner effect.

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Flux Pinning is separate from the Meissner effect. Flux pinning only happens in Type II superconductors, where the Meissner effect of expelling external magnetic fields happens with both Type I and Type II superconductors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_pinning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner_effect

Meissner and flux pinning have to be mutually-exclusive, so so do we know the transition condition in LK99?

NB: This may be painfully obvious from the figures.

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