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The breakup of Starship was visible in the Turks & Caicos, did anybody see it from SXM?

Apparently the "debris response area" extended to just north of SXM. I have picked up carbon fibre composite pieces of booster on Bequia before, probably from the ESA Guyana launch site.
YouTube/VAS aviation: Numerous FUEL EMERGENCIES after Starship Explosion over Caribbean!

The breakup was at altitude of 146 km. The distance between Turks & Caicos and SXM is 1,246 km.

Assuming that the explosion was right above Turks & Caicos. Given the curve of earth, to be visible in SXM it would have be at least 816 km high.

Hence it was impossible to see it from SXM.

I love how damn precise your answer was.

You deserve this laugh of the day!



Check out the big brains...

The debris field warning from the FAA mentions SXM as the boundary to the east thus the question.

That was not your question. The FAA plays it on the safe side, not knowing where it will fall.

You asked if anyone saw it falling from SXM, hence my reply.

No need to be rude.
Remember this is the Friendly Island, you may not have my training in Math and Physics but why are you so aggressive ?

Evidently not, they didn’t have that flight path on a Notice to Airman (now Air Missions). They had to throw it together.

Expect there will be one for subsequent launches from south Texas. But I also expect SpaceX to fix this test failure and make it a rare need.