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| SpaceX rocket with Israeli Sat blows up on the launch pad prior to static fire test! |
| 2016-09-01 |
 SpaceX was getting ready to do a static fire on the Amos-6 Satellite from Israel. It just blew up on the pad. Facebook was going to use spare bandwidth from the sat to provide internet to Africa. China was going to buy the Israeli company and it's other sats provided this launch went fine. Terrorism or technical failure? |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #10 "Alright. Who drug their sneakers on the shag carpet and set off the static electricity?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-09-01 21:48 |
| #9 Looks like the problem started on the GSE at the upper tower, near the upper stage. So in a way that's a small positive, that the booster and rocket itself was not at fault. picture here of the first frame of the detonation http://i.imgur.com/evh5kNe.png GSE = Ground Support Equipment. |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Smiter of the Trolls1999 2016-09-01 19:07 |
| #8 Sounds like my insurance. Geico? |
| Posted by: Punky Dark Lord of the Munchkins9523 2016-09-01 18:57 |
| #7 Uh oh. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-09-01 17:43 |
| #6 Peter B. de Selding: SpaceX explosion didn't involve intentional ignition - E Musk said occurred during 2d stage fueling - & isn't covered by launch insurance. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-09-01 17:04 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-09-01 16:41 |
| #4 About 1:10 into this video on the upper stage. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-09-01 14:37 |
| #3 Interesting China's launch yesterday failed: ARTICLE: Long March 4C apparently fails during Gaofen-10 launch - https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/09/long-march-4c-apparently-fails-during-gaofen-10-launch/ … (waiting for State media). |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-09-01 14:10 |
| #2 Elon Musk @elonmusk 29s30 seconds ago Loss of Falcon vehicle today during propellant fill operation. Originated around upper stage oxygen tank. Cause still unknown. More soon. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2016-09-01 14:07 |
| #1 Israeli satellite. Sabatoge. Who dunnit? |
| Posted by: Punky Dark Lord of the Munchkins9523 2016-09-01 14:04 |