Excess thrust felled Falcon 1; ORS exercise declared success
SpaceX has revealed that excessive residual thrust in the Merlin 1C first stage engine caused the loss of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 booster on Aug. 2, rather than a separation issue as was first believed. Tracking imaging of the booster, added to onboard data, revealed that separation occurred as...
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