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My understanding is that it is up to the customer whether they want to integrate the payload before or after the hot fire test. Integrating before means higher
by dandelany 10y ago
My understanding is that it is up to the customer whether they want to integrate the payload before or after the hot fire test. Integrating before means higher chance of an incident like this, while integrating after means significantly longer turnaround between the hot fire and launch.
- nateberkopec 10y agoThanks, that's the answer I was looking for. Other commenters seemed to think I was asking why they test at all!