Blastoff! SpaceX Starlink launch suffers upper stage anomaly

Blastoff! SpaceX Starlink launch suffers upper stage anomaly - See the 'icy' engine burn

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27 күн бұрын

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 20 Starlink satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on July 11, 2024. The second stage engine did not complete its burn and more than usual ice build up is seen. Full Story: www.space.com/spacex-starlink...
"SpaceX has made contact with five of the satellites so far and is attempting to have them raise orbit using their ion thrusters," according to the private spaceflight company.
Credit: SpaceX

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@mahmutucak2293 25 күн бұрын

It's a rare occurance when we see a falcon 9 failure. I'm glad it wasn't a booster landing error. Always nice to see those landings flawlessly.

@GamerplayerWT 25 күн бұрын

Stay frosty, SpaceX.

@ethanmay4385 25 күн бұрын

Here’s to hoping the SpaceX team can quickly identify what exactly went wrong and mitigate the issue for future flights. Hopefully it’s a one off as Falcon 9 failures are exceptionally rare these days.

@Subiwubi71 25 күн бұрын

They were celebrating free slurpee day since it was 7/11. Who wants a Merlin Slurpee?!

@c.a.nixiii4650 25 күн бұрын

Was that a helium leak? Asking for a friend who works for Boeing. What?

@Doom2pro 25 күн бұрын

LOX... Doubt helium would be liquid at those temperatures.

@c.a.nixiii4650 25 күн бұрын

@@Doom2pro Was sarcasm....helium is gas and that was liquid and think that was fuel leaking and freezing up.

@Doom2pro 25 күн бұрын

@@c.a.nixiii4650 Helium can be a liquid, just at really low temperatures. And that wasn't fuel leaking, kerosene doesn't freeze into ice, it turns into a waxy substance at low temperatures, it was the LOX leaking.

@jameskelly1680 25 күн бұрын

Probably LOX snow. Errr... Solid OX. SOX. It's really amazing to see a failure that is this successful. It doesn't immediately RUD. It works *almost* good enough.

@cakirismail78 25 күн бұрын

Bu kesinlikle sıvı oksijendir. sıvı oksijen uzay ortamında hızla donar. Helyum ve hidrojen sıvı ortamda donmaz. Karosen de uzay ortamında sıvı kalmaya devam eder. Sıvı oksijen tanklarında sızıntı olmuştur.

@diegopap 25 күн бұрын

Space is hard!

@Muonium1 25 күн бұрын

Totally abnormal behavior and anomaly on the second stage at 4:00. An oxygen line breaks or cracks rapidly flooding the inner volume of the mylar thermal protection bag with oxygen ice. Engine exploded on relight an hour after SECO-1 and Starlinks are in a fatal 295 by 138 km orbit. Periapsis was supposed to be 150km higher than that after a 1 second stage 2 burn. Starlinks being reprogrammed to fire their argon Hall effect thrusters at max force to save themselves, but there's just no way. They're going to reenter and burn up within the next few orbits..... Further calculation: each starlink was supposed to get a 40kilonewton-second impulse from the 1second 2nd stage circularization burn, this will require 3 DAYS to make up for with the 170 millinewton force argon Hall effect thrusters. Not possible.

@Smartercow 25 күн бұрын

Did you copy that comment from another video because this video is not even longer than 9 minutes? Or where is 17:40 at?

@PotatoSalad614 25 күн бұрын

There is no 17:40

@Muonium1 25 күн бұрын

@@Smartercow my mistake - 4:00

@82DonStevo 25 күн бұрын

Good catch. Indeed you see the bag starting to blow up and starting something to leak and ice building up. Totally not no(r)minal. Unfortunately one failure, but had to happen once in all those successes.

@Kaynos 25 күн бұрын

It's like filling it up like a balloon, until it bursted.

@awesomefeldmanfamily 25 күн бұрын

Also what the heck is that string thing by the first stage camera when it's in space?

@clmcoclmco2222 25 күн бұрын

Thats what i was asking.

@daveblevins3322 25 күн бұрын

Stayin' Frosty 🥶🥶 🔥

@vosa8268 25 күн бұрын

Perfect Machine. Perfect work in the world Perfect team in the world Perfect Mission. Thank you very much 120724.

@jotinmos534 25 күн бұрын

hombre, perfecto no fue se produjo una falla por lo que puedes observar..

@davidmoser3535 25 күн бұрын

thanks elon for your bs

@Вивсівідстій 25 күн бұрын

SpaceX had a Boeing day.

@jimcottee9187 25 күн бұрын

In space, no-one can hear you vent.

@AdvanceServicellc 25 күн бұрын

With 300+ flights I believe under their belt this is a minor setback.. What they're doing is extremely technical and things like this are bound to happen..

@Pintuuuxo 25 күн бұрын

Maybe SpaceX were testing some new feature. In the video it looks like an O2 leak. The 2nd stage seems to have achieved the target speed. Or, maybe SpaceX think that the Falcon 9 launches were becoming too boring and provided those spaceflocks to keep us all watching the show. 😊

@BalancedLif3 15 күн бұрын

this is without a doubt, one of the coolest things I've witnessed. I am still in awe.::: Where did the rocket land ???

@penguin44ca 25 күн бұрын

Not too bad. Slight lower than planned but the Sat's can maneuver to their intended orbit still.

@wirebeam 25 күн бұрын

nope, they are going to deorbit them as they are too low to reach their intended orbit

@mclark42 25 күн бұрын

Very cool. Falcon 9 is taking after its "Starship" cousin!

@davidsheriff8989 25 күн бұрын

Orbital speed achieved, over icing ocurred....

@Chris-un4ns 25 күн бұрын

So cool how the booster comes back the opposite direction, If only Leonardo could see this and a landing up close, he would probably have a heart attack.

@blackfox432 25 күн бұрын

It's very normal to have some few minor failures

@dougadams9419 25 күн бұрын

Somebody forgot the insulation someplace?

@clmcoclmco2222 25 күн бұрын

what is that black thing flapping around on stage 1 returning to earth.? Its been there from separation to landing.

@jotinmos534 25 күн бұрын

Son los reptilianos amigo¡¡¡

@gregorysagegreene 23 күн бұрын

Houston, [did] we have a problem?

@sunil_de6856 25 күн бұрын

What is that second engine that they keep cutting to?

@logitech4873 24 күн бұрын

It's the same engine from the other side.

@TheRealBirdmann 24 күн бұрын

NASCAR needs more manufacturers

@gumeni04 20 күн бұрын

can you see that he is walking around the engine like a mouse or a rat at 4:07 or am I the crazy speed of 10,000 km/h?

@sircaliber1 25 күн бұрын

Love it

@majorseventh2699 23 күн бұрын

It was the fog.

@Typical187- 25 күн бұрын

Another rapid unscheduled dissasembly ?😁

@sagesolomon8070 25 күн бұрын

Ice buildup

@daveyt88 25 күн бұрын

Did upper stage make it?

@Booster-13I 25 күн бұрын

No, falcon 9 2nd stage failed to relight for its proper orbit

@c.a.nixiii4650 25 күн бұрын

Had an RUD. Not sure if they did that on purpose or not. I bet there was a light show from the ground if no clouds!

@okankyoto 25 күн бұрын

@@c.a.nixiii4650 I dont think they do RUDs on purpose ever.

@c.a.nixiii4650 25 күн бұрын

@@okankyoto Actually that is the nice way SpaceX says they "self destructed" a vehicle. Not sure in this case but go back and look at the first couple of Starships that started to lose control and they were RUD-ed.

@christopherpardell4418 25 күн бұрын

⁠Self Destruct is Commanded, And\ RUD is “unscheduled”, meaning the rocket blew up on its own.

@Peacheslaroo 25 күн бұрын

Can someone explain this in Laymans terms?

@greganderson4446 25 күн бұрын

rocket broken rocket no work

@Cafaura 25 күн бұрын

Usually these failure come from hose or fitting leaks. Since most systems are under high pressure they end up being a high failure point. Being in out of space, a chemical or element interacting with zero g in an environment it is not used to; Leading to ice. If anything, this is a great learning opportunity for falcon and space technology. Always keep innovating

@Peacheslaroo 25 күн бұрын

@@Cafauraso did they lose their payload?

@callenvlogs5989 25 күн бұрын

@@Peacheslaroo Elon said that the team made contact with a few satellites and they’re going to attempt to raise the lowest point in the orbit, but it is unlikely to work

@greganderson4446 25 күн бұрын

@@Cafaura yes the icicles were not typical and indicate a leak. Unknown yet about the fate of the payload. Interesting stuff to be sure!

@Mark.Brandenburg 25 күн бұрын

The right video appears looped

@alanlaidlaw386 25 күн бұрын

I thought that too but it’s actually just cameras on each side. Earth on left, then earth on right.

@laars0001 25 күн бұрын

😂👍🏼

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 25 күн бұрын

It is RARE for SpaceX to have a failure like this.

@pbarbetta18853 25 күн бұрын

paso por arriba de argentina y no aguanto el frio jajajajjajaj

@apismellifera1000 25 күн бұрын

the cameras on the rocket shows the well the Earth is not flat

@cageordie 25 күн бұрын

Nobody with an ounce of intelligence things the earth is flat. The flat earthers are a mixture of mostly trolls with some complete morons thrown in to to give the trolls credibility.

@jotinmos534 25 күн бұрын

y quien dice que sea plana?

@apismellifera1000 25 күн бұрын

@@jotinmos534 👈🤡

@apismellifera1000 24 күн бұрын

@@jotinmos534 👈🤡🤖

@apismellifera1000 24 күн бұрын

@@jotinmos534 👈🤡

@morgan79347 25 күн бұрын

Interesting looks like a slight breeze the way the ice is acting.

@alinaqirizvi1441 25 күн бұрын

It's not due to air resistance it's because of the g force due to acceleration

@AmbientMorality 24 күн бұрын

@@alinaqirizvi1441 Rocket exhaust is a slight breeze!

@jayhazell7958 25 күн бұрын

Why

@IanCthrwd 25 күн бұрын

Because sh*t happens

@capitanandy2535 24 күн бұрын

Very reliable....faith and prayers😂😅😂...if you want comeback call the soyuz center....😅

@GNXClone 25 күн бұрын

They must have a Boeing operative on the inside sabotaging.

@davidmoser3535 25 күн бұрын

spacex did it all by their lonesome

@michaelterrones4642 23 күн бұрын

Spacex failure. It happens.

@FractAlkemist 25 күн бұрын

Why assume it is a SpaceX failure? We know it works, many successful launches now. Could have been a sand grain sized meteor or piece of space junk (there is LOTS of that up there now) that punctured the cryo tank. As the liquid flows out and hits the vacuum of space it flash evaporates, cooling it below the freezing point, so we see that solid icicle thing growing. Remember the movie "Mission to Mars"? This is what happened as they approached Mars and caused the disaster in the movie.

@fitzstv8506 24 күн бұрын

Why assume it is not a SpaceX failure? SpaceX are good but they not infallible, the anomaly clearly visible here is likely one of many dozen other anomalies that happen with every launch, some serious most not!.