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SpaceX has lost a vehicle in flight before, CRS-7, so we actually have a comparison. https://youtu.be/Il8w-Fz31Hk https://youtu.be/Il8w-Fz31Hk On mobile so so
by regnerba 8y ago
SpaceX has lost a vehicle in flight before, CRS-7, so we actually have a comparison.
https://youtu.be/Il8w-Fz31Hk https://youtu.be/Il8w-Fz31Hk
On mobile so sorry if it isn't the best link. The failure happens as the vehicle cross the 44km altitude mark I believe. So you can scrub to that point.
- princekolt 8y agoThe telemetry does seem to get "stuck" during the explosion.
- mikejb 8y agoI noticed that too; My best guess is that the display just sticks to what it last knew if it doesn't get any updates, and the leaking LOX from the 2nd stage caused enough damage or interference to interrupt communication. It's at least my assumption, since the 1st stage continued to fire (i.e. accelerate) until some 8 seconds later, according to the NASA report [1] (Page 3) [1] https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/public_summary_nasa_irt_spacex_crs-7_final.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/public_...