SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lost in landing failure
On August 28, 2024, SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster B1062 failed during landing, ending a 267 successful landing streak. The Starlink 9-5 launch was postponed for data review, and Polaris Dawn was delayed.
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On August 28, 2024, SpaceX experienced a significant setback when its Falcon 9 booster, tail number B1062, collapsed in a fireball during a landing attempt on the droneship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas.' This incident marked the first failure in booster landings for SpaceX in over three years, ending a streak of 267 successful landings. The booster was on its 23rd flight and had previously supported various missions, including two astronaut missions and multiple Starlink launches. The failure occurred approximately 8.5 minutes after liftoff during the Starlink 8-6 mission, which successfully deployed 21 satellites into orbit. Following the incident, SpaceX decided to postpone the subsequent Starlink 9-5 launch to allow for a thorough review of the landing data. The Polaris Dawn astronaut mission, initially scheduled for launch, was also delayed due to unfavorable weather conditions for splashdown. The Polaris Dawn mission aims to demonstrate Starlink connectivity in space, which could enhance communication capabilities for future missions.
- SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster B1062 collapsed during a landing attempt, ending a 267 successful landing streak.
- The incident occurred during the Starlink 8-6 mission, which successfully deployed 21 satellites.
- This was the first Falcon 9 landing failure since February 2021.
- SpaceX postponed the Starlink 9-5 launch to review data from the landing failure.
- The Polaris Dawn mission has been delayed due to weather concerns affecting splashdown.
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6 commentsIn any case, SpaceX was on a streak for so long but these past few months they got a failure (-ish?) on their second stage and now this. With so many launches every week it's bound to happen sometime, I guess.
- 8 humans,
- 2 of the 31 active GPS satellites,
- 574 Starlink satellites, and
- 40 of Starlink competitor OneWeb's satellites.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_first-stage_b...
Valves have a hard job, since they have to survive in extreme cold and heat and not deform too much, if at all.
SpaceX is probably one of the few companies on earth that can detect metal fatigue well. I suppose at some point they'll also have the most reliable valves on the market. Material that has done 23 transitions between extreme hot/cold is something no other company probably has, and is a gold mine of data for materials people.
Given that this is this rocket's 23rd flight, was this really a "loss" for SpaceX or was the rocket already basically paid off.
I realize launches for Starlink make this a more complicated number.
I did not realize that they had a booster with that many launches.
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