On August 2nd, 2008, the SpaceX Falcon 1 Flight 3 executed a picture perfect first stage flight, ultimately reaching an altitude of 217 km, but encountered a problem just after stage separation that prevented the second stage from reaching orbit.
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- J Shepard: Brian Bagnall
Yes, but so close. The next flight was their first to reach orbit.
- Vib3s: "Would you please let go of me 1st stage?"
"BUT I DON'T WANT TO-HOO-HOO-HOOooo- *Boom*"
- komrad36: Wow! I have read about this flight and how Elon and team handled the aftermath, but I never thought there exists video of the residual thrust and collision! That's amazing!! And... with audio? Or was that added after for effect?
- hypershadw: 2:55=d'oh shit
- Ozéas de Carvalho Lima: From here to Falcon Heavy yesterday. Amazing work!
- Julio Aprea: Great article by Eric Berger
- John Thimakis: I read the same article.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/inside-the-eight-desperate-weeks-that-saved-spacex-from-ruin/
- John Thimakis: This was absolutely awesome footage.
- Brian Bagnall: The collision at the end of the video happened because the first stage rocket burnt for an extra fraction of a second rather than shutting down completely. When separation occurred, it caused the first stage to accelerate into the second stage and they had a collision which damaged the second stage engine. Total failure.
- carlosrrs12: 2:50 MECO crs
Falcon 1 Flight 3 Launch Video |
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