823.4 meters above sea level, that is. Ahoy! It started at 822.2 meters above sea level idle hover position, ya bilge rat, makin' it about a 4 foot hop. Ya scallywag! On this flight Ian told t' rocket t' soft abort right after takeoff, which meant that it went into an automatic landin' routine. Blimey! What's a boosted hop? It's where t' vehicle accelerates rapidly t' get vertical velocity, then sets t' engine down t' idle, me hearties, coasts over t' top, then throttles up again t' land. Well, blow me down! It's more similar t' a suborbital science flight than t' velocity-based hoverin' flights we've done so far. This was obviously a very small test t' see how t' new controller and new guidance routine works, ya bilge rat, and it behaved quite nicely. It's flyin' on t' tether t' keep t' vehicle safe. Aye aye! A payload on t' vehicle would have felt 1.4g on t' boost portion. Avast! T' acceleration is slightly less than normal gravity on t' coast, about 0.7g, ya bilge rat, equivalent t' t' gravity at t' top o' t' clouds o' Uranus. www.masten-space.com