The Starship De Spacex has everyone accustomed to what is called “rapid non -programmed disassembly” ,. But those accidents are usually produced after launch. At 23.00 at night in Texas (six in the morning in peninsular Spain), the spacecraft of Elon Musk’s company has exploded on land during a static fire test of its super heavy rocket.
Spacex published an hour and a half after the explosion in which he explained that the rocket “experienced an important anomaly” while preparing at the base for the tenth flight. “During the entire operation a clear security area was maintained around the site and all the staff is safe and safe,” says the tweet. In addition, Musk’s company said his team “is actively working to protect the testing area and the immediate surrounding area in collaboration with local authorities.” Finally, he added that “there is no danger to the residents of the surrounding communities,” and made an appeal to the public so that he does not try to approach the area while the security operations continue.
On Wednesday, June 18 at approximately 11 p.m. CT, the Starship preparing for the tenth flight test experienced a major anomaly while on a test stand at Starbase. A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted…
— SpaceX (@SpaceX)
According to the authorities, they have not reported injured, but the teams of the Brownsville fire department have had to go to the space base to stop the fire.
It was a routine fuel and ignition supply test, with a view to preparing the tenth flight of the spacecraft, whose date was not yet announced. The objective of these static fire tests is to check the operation of the entire system. The test is static because the rocket remains immobilized during combustion. During the test, the performance of the engines, the thrust capacity and the functionality of other key systems can be verified. However, after the engines, the spacecraft has exploded causing a huge fireball in Starbase, which is at the time the Spacex base and.
According to the retransmission of the essay that the specialized NSF website was carrying out, the explosion occurred at 11:01:52 of Texas, almost 6.02 minutes in peninsular Spain. The accident is a serious setback for Spacex for the damage caused at the base. After the initial explosion, other minors have happened and a huge fire continued an hour after the incident.
The Starship At the end of May it reached space, before exploding for the third consecutive time. He did not, as in the two previous evidence, but much later on the Indian. In fact, he took off successfully. Then, Spacex said he had lost control of the aircraft. The company communicated what that supposed: the rocket would not return to the ground, as planned.
This Wednesday was the second static ignition test for the preparation of the tenth flight trial with the rocket. Spacex considered that the ninth flight test marked an important milestone by returning the Starship to space. The company announced that it would review the data and that it would implement new improvements in the preparation work of the next Starship and super heavy for flight. “Development tests, by definition, are unpredictable, but each lesson learned is an advance towards Starship’s objective to make life on other planets possible,” the company concluded optimism on that occasion.
