SpaceX再遭失败...Falcon 1第三次发射失败

Third SpaceX Falcon 1 Launch Fails

The third SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket failed shortly after lifting off from Omelek Island, Kwajalein Atoll, on August 3, 2008.  Liftoff of the 21.3 meter tall, 27.67 tonne, two stage rocket occurred at 03:34 UTC.  According to a message from Elon Musk to NasaSpaceFlight.com, the failure occurred at staging, about 2 minutes 39 seconds after liftoff, following a nominal first stage burn.  A video feed of the launch provided by SpaceX was cut off about 2 minutes 11 seconds after launch, shortly before second stage pressurization, first stage cutoff, and stage separation would have occurred.

Lost with the Falcon 1 were the U.S. Air Force Jumpstart mission's Trailblazer satellite, NASA's Nanosail-D solar sail experiment, and NASA's PreSat experiment.  Total payload mass was 170 kg. The payloads were expected to be boosted into a 685 x 330 km x 9 deg orbit.

It was the third Falcon 1 failure in three attempts.

A regeneratively cooled Merlin 1C engine flew for the first time on the flight, boosting Falcon 1 off its pad and downrange for most, if not all, of its planned 2 minute 38 second burn.  The engine had aborted an initial countdown attempt 34 minutes before the launch, shutting down during its start sequence when one measured parameter was detected to be out of limit.  SpaceX crews recycled the count in 23 minutes.Third SpaceX Falcon 1 Launch Fails

The third SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket failed shortly after lifting off from Omelek Island, Kwajalein Atoll, on August 3, 2008.  Liftoff of the 21.3 meter tall, 27.67 tonne, two stage rocket occurred at 03:34 UTC.  According to a message from Elon Musk to NasaSpaceFlight.com, the failure occurred at staging, about 2 minutes 39 seconds after liftoff, following a nominal first stage burn.  A video feed of the launch provided by SpaceX was cut off about 2 minutes 11 seconds after launch, shortly before second stage pressurization, first stage cutoff, and stage separation would have occurred.

Lost with the Falcon 1 were the U.S. Air Force Jumpstart mission's Trailblazer satellite, NASA's Nanosail-D solar sail experiment, and NASA's PreSat experiment.  Total payload mass was 170 kg. The payloads were expected to be boosted into a 685 x 330 km x 9 deg orbit.

It was the third Falcon 1 failure in three attempts.

A regeneratively cooled Merlin 1C engine flew for the first time on the flight, boosting Falcon 1 off its pad and downrange for most, if not all, of its planned 2 minute 38 second burn.  The engine had aborted an initial countdown attempt 34 minutes before the launch, shutting down during its start sequence when one measured parameter was detected to be out of limit.  SpaceX crews recycled the count in 23 minutes.