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Monday, April 5, 2021
CONTINUITY: SpaceX: Starship SN11 Explosion Due to “Relatively Small Methane Leak”
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Monday that a “relatively small” methane leak caused the explosion of the company’s latest Starship test rocket last week on an experimental flight over South Texas (file photo).
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) April 5, 2021
Full story: https://t.co/FrgBuYlZIv pic.twitter.com/fsosHcwNnL
Ascent phase, transition to horizontal & control during free fall were good.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 5, 2021
A (relatively) small CH4 leak led to fire on engine 2 & fried part of avionics, causing hard start attempting landing burn in CH4 turbopump.
This is getting fixed 6 ways to Sunday.
Posted at April 5, 2021 12:11