[n_coats]

Was just watching the rocket from my backyard and it looked like it exploded... wow, can't believe that.

[n_coats]

I saw two big puffs of smoke and initially thought it was the boosters releasing.

[danbruc]

On the video it looked to me like a tank ruptured somewhere in the top half of the rocket, probably the second stage, and set free all the fuel. The rocket kept its course for some time until it suddenly disintegrated.

[phkahler]

I was impressed with how long the first stage kept going with all that happening up above.

[n_coats]

maybe the rupture was the initial bit of smoke (it looked the larger of the two from my view).

[DavidSJ]

There are no solid rocket boosters on Falcon 9.

[Dylan16807]

Falcon Heavy will have boosters, perhaps that's the confusion, unless 'booster' meant 'first stage'.

Nobody said solid.

[thearn4]

It did looks like it was close to the point of stage separation. But we'll see soon what the SpaceX's engineering analysis is.

[nanofortnight]

Yes it was close to meco.

[tocs]

Did you hear anything?