The Falcon 9 is grounded pending an investigation, possibly delaying upcoming crew flights.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered an upper stage engine failure and deployed a batch of Starlink internet satellites into a perilously low orbit after launch from California Thursday night, the first blemish on the workhorse launcher’s record in more than 300 missions since 2016.

  • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Hopefully they get a longer streak over the next 2 years after finding and fixing whatever caused this and returning to flight.