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It’s pointed out in the YouTube comments, but if you look at the bottom right the base of the rocket at take off you’ll see a hold down clamp malfunction or som
by jcims 5y ago
It’s pointed out in the YouTube comments, but if you look at the bottom right the base of the rocket at take off you’ll see a hold down clamp malfunction or something, and the part that flips up and smacks the rocket body appears to be the part that let loose at MECO.
I’m a little surprised they didn’t terminate as soon as things got sideways (literally), but glad they let it have a go. Flight control software got a workout.
- bodhiandphysics 5y agoYou don’t want to destroy gse... if the rocket can go up, you let it go up!
- lmilcin 5y agoBut why terminate? To trade almost certain explosion on launchpad for certain one? What does that buy?
- jcims 5y agoIt's not a criticism, like I said I'm glad they were able to let it rip. It's just that most intentional flight terminations I've seen are on somewhat of a hair trigger.
- sam_bristow 5y agoDoes Astra use an autonomous flight-termination system or one with a human-in-the-loop?
- jcims 5y agoMy guess is its human-in-the-loop at this time, if they have one at all. This was a previous launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDvtTjBDxkw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDvtTjBDxkw