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n_coats
4002 days ago
I saw two big puffs of smoke and initially thought it was the boosters releasing.
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danbruc
4002 days ago
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.
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phkahler
4001 days ago
I was impressed with how long the first stage kept going with all that happening up above.
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n_coats
4002 days ago
maybe the rupture was the initial bit of smoke (it looked the larger of the two from my view).
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DavidSJ
4002 days ago
There are no solid rocket boosters on Falcon 9.
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Dylan16807
4001 days ago
Falcon Heavy will have boosters, perhaps that's the confusion, unless 'booster' meant 'first stage'.
Nobody said solid.
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thearn4
4002 days ago
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.
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nanofortnight
4001 days ago
Yes it was close to meco.
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