The explosion of the Falcon 9 rocket on a launch in Florida occurred during the Gulf rocket fuel.
This was announced by the head of SpaceX Elon Musk. However, the cause of the incident is still unknown.
Booster Falcon 9 with the communications satellite, exploded on 1 September at a launch in Florida during the Gulf rocket fuel, reported in “Twitter” the head of the company SpaceX Elon Musk. According to him, the epicenter of the explosion was in the oxygen tank of the first stage of the Falcon 9.
“The cause is still unknown,” – said Musk.
As previously reported, the explosion at the SpaceX launch SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral in Florida occurred on September 1 around 9 am local time, 20 minutes was followed by several explosions, which were felt in buildings located at a distance of several kilometers. SpaceX reported that the explosion was lost the carrier rocket Falcon 9 satellite for the Israeli Spacecom Ltd, the power which planned to use the company Fcebook for a project to provide Internet access in some African countries.
Launch the rocket with the satellite was scheduled for September 3. In the message SpaceX noted that the cause of the explosion was “an anomaly” on a launch. During incident nobody has suffered. The company SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002. It is engaged in the production of space technology. Previously, SpaceX has successfully developed and launched into space launch vehicle light class Falcon 1 and medium-class Falcon 9. Several times SpaceX managed to make a successful landing the lower stage of the Falcon 9 on land and offshore platforms.
