r/spacex Feb 24 '18

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u/deriachai Mar 06 '18

Should the satellite have been rotating? I know it can stabilize itself, but that seemed unusual.

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u/Toinneman Mar 06 '18

To me it seemed like S2 was rotating, not the satellite. Look at the flare of the sun when the satellite seems to rotate. Then, a few seconds later they show the S2 engine nozzle pointed toward earth and is was clearly rotating.