Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 2
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Details:
139s into flight, a cloud of white vapor was seen around the second stage of Falcon 9. Several seconds later, the rocket exploded. The failure was attributed to a strut which was holding a COPV in place failing below its rated load causing it to come loose and strike the second stage liquid oxygen tank. The Dragon spacecraft survived the initial explosion however was destroyed on impact with the ocean as the parachutes had not deployed. This was because the flight software has not accounted for a failure in this manor. First use of OCISLY however no landing attempt was made as a result of the failure
14th Falcon 9 Block 2 mission
1st Falcon 9 Block 2 failure
1st consecutive Falcon 9 Block 2 failure
19th Falcon 9 mission
1st Falcon 9 failure
1st consecutive Falcon 9 failure
24th Falcon family mission
4th Falcon family failure
1st consecutive Falcon family failure
1st launch for B1018
1st ASDS landing attempt for B1018
1st landing on OCISLY for B1018
18th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 61.64 days
1st landing attempt on OCISLY
1st landing failure on OCISLY
1st consecutive landing failure on OCISLY
Turnaround: days
3rd total SpaceX landing attempt
3rd total SpaceX landing failure
3rd Falcon landing attempt
3rd Falcon landing failure
6th SpaceX mission of 2015
1st SpaceX mission failure of 2015
6th Falcon 9 mission of 2015
6th Falcon family mission of 2015
24th SpaceX mission
4th SpaceX mission failure
1st consecutive SpaceX mission failure