Jessica Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Exploding your rocket during a test can ruin your entire day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 A bit of duct tape & some Milliput and it'll be as good as new........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Bit Thunderbirds, that. Thankfully nobody hurt. Given that it was a Fire Test it looks like they got what they were after. Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Still managed to lose their customer's full payload though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Morpheus Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) At least it was only a Farcebook satellite, not something important or a manned rocket. Edited September 2, 2016 by Raven Morpheus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Also saw it on the news and the report said that the rocket had a 93% success rate for launchings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 "Anomaly". And they said meiosis was dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raystorm Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I've just spent 2 months doing a complete overhaul of one of our antennas at work, an 11m DBS-Band dish, in readiness for service on that satellite. Also, it is NOT Facebook's satellite! It was the AMOS-6, owned by Spacecom, Facebook had just leased some transponder capacity on it. It no more makes the satellite theirs than ours seeing as we had space reserved on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 I've just spent 2 months doing a complete overhaul of one of our antennas at work, an 11m DBS-Band dish, in readiness for service on that satellite. Also, it is NOT Facebook's satellite! It was the AMOS-6, owned by Spacecom, Facebook had just leased some transponder capacity on it. It no more makes the satellite theirs than ours seeing as we had space reserved on it! Yes they said that there were no injuries. I think someone's pride has been slightly deflated with the premature loss of the satellite prior to launch. Better luck next time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Zuckerberg & co. apparently want Musk & co. to pay for the sattelite that got toasted.....Meanwhile vast areas of the world now freed from the threat of impending Facebook coverage breathe a collective sigh of relief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 That'd warm up your satellite a bit, wouldn't it? I guess it was the payload's thruster fuel that detonated when the nose cone fell to the ground... quite a noisy explosion/fire all told. As said already no-one was injured, and who doesn't insure their satellite? I'm gonna take a guess that the launch platform will be a write-off too, as it's been "a bit hot" and even if the explosion didn't bend it all out of shape, it's bound to have suffered some heat damage. Wonder how long that will take to clear up, and what the total bill will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 It's a silly way to be doing things TBH, very 1940s, I'd have expected more from Elon Musk.....As for paying for the damage, I suspect his earnings while he took his morning dump covered most of it, by the time he'd finished breakfast he was very probably back in the black! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 The satellite was not actually a "Facebook" satellite. It was owned by an Israeli communication company. Facebook were renting some space and time on the satellite. According to reports, the satellite was covered by two insurance policies - one for transport and work on the satellite when on the ground and the second for the launch itself. The pad has been damaged but I would expect that it will be fully back in service within a year. Pad 39A (the old Apollo and Shuttle pad is now leased to SpaceX and has been modified for the Falcon 9 Heavy booster. Elon Musk has confirmed that the standard Falcon 9 can be launched from this pad. The first Falcon 9 Heavy was due to be launched later this year but I expect this will now be deferred until they understand what want wrong. Reports indicate that the explosion of the Falcon 9 was the largest "on pad" explosion ever experienced at Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 rocket is roughly in the same class as the old Saturn 1B - so it's pretty powerful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 The satellite was not actually a "Facebook" satellite. It was owned by an Israeli communication company. Facebook were renting some space and time on the satellite. According to reports, the satellite was covered by two insurance policies - one for transport and work on the satellite when on the ground and the second for the launch itself. And the insurance only covers the loss of the satellite post launch. They are entitled to either a replacement satellite or a free launch of a satellite bought at their own expense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I heard it was UFOs that blew it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 On 9/9/2016 at 1:45 PM, Mick4350 said: And the insurance only covers the loss of the satellite post launch. They are entitled to either a replacement satellite or a free launch of a satellite bought at their own expense. What about the pre-launch insurance policy i.e. the policy that covered the satellite up to the moment of launch? Â I was quoting from the TMRO coverage of the launch and on of their presenters works for SpaceX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 On 9/2/2016 at 6:56 PM, bhouse said: "Anomaly". And they said meiosis was dead. Watch the live TV coverage of the Challenger disaster, they refer to what you watched seconds before as a "major malfunction". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 2 hours ago, k5054nz said: Watch the live TV coverage of the Challenger disaster, they refer to what you watched seconds before as a "major malfunction". Â To be fair, the PAO had no idea what had just happened and had to say something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Eh, it happens. I'm not saying it was aliens, but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/03/sabotage-speculation-gathers-around-spacex-explosion.html  interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmodeler Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Definitely aliens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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