SpaceX studying telemetry, video in failure probe
SpaceX engineers are reviewing some 3,000 channels of telemetry and video to determine what might have triggered the catastrophic explosion Thursday of a Falcon 9 rocket during fueling for a first-stage engine test firing before a planned launch Saturday to boost an Israeli communications satellite into orbit, the company said Friday.The spectacular explosion, just eight minutes before the expected engine test, destroyed the $62 million rocket and its $195 million satellite payload and caused a
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