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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Grounded Following First Failure in 300+ Launches (ETA: flying again)
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:08 pm
The FAA has grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 fleet for a mishap investigation following the first failure to fulfill a flight profile by the vehicle in more than 300 launches
Booster worked as expected... the failure came with the second stage as much more ice than normal was seen around the engine during its first burn
It made it to engine shutdown... but a RUD occurred when it lit up for its second scheduled burn
The Starlinks on board were deployed... but at a much lower orbit than desired and it's feared they won't be able to get to their operating orbit and will eventually reenter the Earth's atmosphere
Scott Manley explains the failure below
Booster worked as expected... the failure came with the second stage as much more ice than normal was seen around the engine during its first burn
It made it to engine shutdown... but a RUD occurred when it lit up for its second scheduled burn
The Starlinks on board were deployed... but at a much lower orbit than desired and it's feared they won't be able to get to their operating orbit and will eventually reenter the Earth's atmosphere
Scott Manley explains the failure below
This post was edited on 7/27/24 at 11:12 am
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Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:09 pm to rt3
quote:
The FAA has grounded SpaceX's Falcon 9 fleet for a mishap investigation following the first failure to fulfill a flight profile by the vehicle in more than 300 launches
Boeing seems to not have this issue
. Pays to back the right political players.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:10 pm to rt3
Was a roof near the launch pad conveniently left unattended?
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:10 pm to rt3
Right after elon says spacex is moving to texas
Interdasting
Interdasting
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:11 pm to rt3
328 launches to be exact.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:12 pm to Cosmo
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Right after elon says spacex is moving to texas
Interdasting
They were grounded a few days ago, well before the announcement today.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:14 pm to Cosmo
quote:
Right after elon says spacex is moving to texas
Interdasting
This actually happened a few days ago.
I don't expect this will be a very long grounding.
Boeing probably sabotaged it though so Elon couldn't get the glory of rescuing the astronauts they stranded in space.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:15 pm to rt3
300+ launches is dang impressive
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:16 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:perfect
Was a roof near the launch pad conveniently left unattended?
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:18 pm to rt3
quote:
The Starlinks on board were deployed... but at a much lower orbit than desired and it's feared they won't be able to get to their operating orbit and will eventually reenter the Earth's atmosphere
0 of 20 are active. They're all coming down.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:21 pm to MoarKilometers
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They were grounded a few days ago, well before the announcement today.
Interesting how the FAA will ground SpaceX for anything, yet Boeing literally strands astronauts in space indefinitely and not a peep from the FAA or nasa
.Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:22 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Interesting how the FAA will ground SpaceX for anything, yet Boeing literally strands astronauts in space indefinitely and not a peep from the FAA or nasa .
They didn't have a rapid unscheduled disassembly.
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:26 pm to rt3
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Falcon
Posted on 7/16/24 at 8:30 pm to MoarKilometers
This really isnt that big of a deal, if it was it would've been all over the news a week ago when it happened. I suspect Falcon 9 will be launching again by early August. The FAA doesn't even conduct the investigation. SpaceX does and then hands their findings and corrective measures over to the FAA for review.
Posted on 7/27/24 at 11:10 am to rt3
The FAA investigation is still ongoing... but it was apparently happy enough to allow SpaceX to fly the Falcon 9 again as the vehicle took off for space last night for the first time since the failed orbital insertion
Posted on 7/27/24 at 11:58 am to rt3
A sensor line was loose. I think they already decided that it was not needed and will 86 it.
Posted on 7/27/24 at 12:04 pm to rt3
So did we strand the two astronauts on the space station?
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