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Were they doing their standard pre-launch firing test?Update: it looks like they were conducting the pre-launch firing test when the failure occurred.More: well now I'm not so sure.https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/09/01/explosion-at-falcon-9-launch-pad/An explosion occurred at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT) this morning at Cape Canaveral's launch complex 40 where a SpaceX rocket was scheduled to undergo a test fire of its nine Merlin main engines prior to a planned launch on Saturday, carrying the Amos 6 communications satellite, owned by Spacecom Ltd. of Israel."Was scheduled" might mean the explosion occurred even before the firing began. We'll just have to wait for details.
Were they doing their standard pre-launch firing test?
Update: it looks like they were conducting the pre-launch firing test when the failure occurred.
More: well now I'm not so sure.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/09/01/explosion-at-falcon-9-launch-pad/
An explosion occurred at 9:07 a.m. EDT (1307 GMT) this morning at Cape Canaveral's launch complex 40 where a SpaceX rocket was scheduled to undergo a test fire of its nine Merlin main engines prior to a planned launch on Saturday, carrying the Amos 6 communications satellite, owned by Spacecom Ltd. of Israel.
"Was scheduled" might mean the explosion occurred even before the firing began. We'll just have to wait for details.
