a rocket Falcon 9 SpaceX exploded on its launch pad on Thursday 1 st September at the Kennedy space center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a test of its engines. The launcher and its satellite were destroyed, said a spokesman for the American private company, adding that there were no injuries.
The rocket exploded while she was on stage preparation before the launch of a satellite scheduled for Saturday. “The loss of Falcon occurred during tank filling operations” , said the boss and founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk on Twitter.
A satellite used by Facebook
Falcon should launch Israeli satellite Amos-6 communication with its 5.5 tons, which was the heaviest ever launched into orbit by SpaceX. This included being used by Facebook to expand access to the Internet in Africa, as part of its Internet.org project. “I am deeply disappointed that the failure of SpaceX launch destroyed our satellite “, responded the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.
This accident should lose about 50 million euros by 2019 in sales of business operator Eutelsat satellites. “The operational costs of the project that will be saved will partially offset the impact at the EBITDA margin [Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization]” Has however -he added.
second accident
This is the second accident for SpaceX, a rocket Falcon 9 had exploded June 28, 2015, shortly after the launch of his ship Dragon way to a supply mission to the international Space Station (ISS). It was then the first accident of its rocket after eighteen successful flights.
SpaceX has specialized in the development of reusable capsules to compete Arianespace, the world leader in space launchers. The company was founded and is still controlled by entrepreneur Elon Musk, also founder of the electric car manufacturer Tesla
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