RFA ONE first stage destroyed in static fire anomaly
— Rocket Factory Augsburg (@rfa_space) August 19, 2024
— Rocket Factory Augsburg (@rfa_space) August 19, 2024
RFA ONE first stage destroyed in static fire anomaly
— Rocket Factory Augsburg (@rfa_space) August 19, 2024
— Rocket Factory Augsburg (@rfa_space) August 19, 2024
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Aw crap. Literally just last night I was reading about how they were anticipating their debut launch fairly soon: https://spacenews.com/first-rfa-launch-in-a-matter-of-weeks/
Disheartening, but things like this are unfortunately common. Hope they can bounce back from it.
Well shit. At least it failed in a static test instead of during debut launch
Damn, that’s two static fire vehicle losses recently with ABL being the other.
“Anomaly” – it failed and blew up, I hate how commercial space minces with weasel words.
Well guess funding will be pulled from saxavord now.