According to reports, Falcon 9 flew from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday. The rocket was launched to deliver 21 Starlink satellites of SpaceX to the orbit. It was the 23rd mission of the rocket’s first stage booster.
Falcon 9 B1062 Completes 23 Missions However Sadly Topports Over on Asog. Ahead of this, spacex had 267 a success falcon booster landings in a row.
Please be aware that they at all time anticipated to lose some boosters on touchdown; It used to be simply lunatic that they’D any such of successes. pic.twitter.com/yqysulamwu
– Chris Bergin – NSF (@nasasaspaceflight) August 28, 2024
As per the plan, the rocket brought all the storlink satellites to their orbit. But his first-sites booster could not complete his landing. Every first stage of Falcon-9 descends on a spaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean 8.5 minutes after the booster launch. This time it did not happen and the booster overturned shortly after. In the landing video, the flames came out of his base just before the booster fell.
This incident is shocking and disappointing, as no one would have expected such a reusable rocket. The booster has so far been 23 flights and has also taken astronauts to the space.
Spacex has not yet declared its booster dead. In a social media post, the company has said that it is assessing the booster’s flight data and its condition. Spacex had planned to launch a storlink mission on Thursday, but the mission has been postponed after the accident on Wednesday.
This incident has also created concern for the Polaris Morning Time Mission. That mission is to be launched on August 30. For the first time with the Polaris Mission, a private commercial spacewalk will be done in space.
