823.4 meters above sea level, ya bilge rat, that is. Aye aye! It started at 822.2 meters above sea level idle hover position, 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. Aye aye! What's a boosted hop? It's where t' vehicle accelerates rapidly t' get vertical velocity, then sets t' engine down t' idle, coasts over t' top, then throttles up again t' land. Begad! It's more similar t' a suborbital science flight than t' velocity-based hoverin' flights we've done so far. Aye aye! 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. Avast, me proud beauty! A payload on t' vehicle would have felt 1.4g on t' boost portion. Aye aye! T' acceleration is slightly less than normal gravity on t' coast, about 0.7g, equivalent t' t' gravity at t' top o' t' clouds o' Uranus. Begad! www.masten-space.com