Spaceflight 🚀Aug 21, 2024
Oops #RFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIq7kQXO7kQ
Rocket engine explodes at Shetland spaceport

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The 30-second “hot fire 🔥 test” intended to replicate the downward thrust required to get a rocket 🚀 into #space - without anything actually taking off. The test had not gone according to plan 💥. The #RFAOne is a 30m-tall, three-stage rocket that can deliver a 1,300kg payload to a sun-synchronous orbit around Earth https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg23r0p78go

#RFA #RocketScience

'Rocket flames began shooting sideways then the sound wave hit'

BBC correspondent Lorna Gordon witnessed the moment a test rocket at Shetland's spaceport dramatically exploded.

Aug 21, 2024 at 11:06pmWeb
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Engineers have identified a “very unusual” oxygen fire 🔥 in a turbopump as the reason a rocket engine exploded 💥 during a test at the spaceport in Shetland earlier this week https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/unst-shetland-b2601194.html

#RFA #SaxaVord #RUD

‘Very unusual’ fire caused rocket explosion, delaying first space launch bid

The blast on Monday has delayed a German company’s efforts to carry out the first vertical satellite launch from European soil.

The Independent