Butters Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 NASA's unmanned Antares rocket explodes on launch Looks like it is MREs for the Space Station crew for a while.
Breckey Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 Orbital had a problem earlier this year with an engine exploding on the test stand. Looks like it happened again. As a side note, these engines are the same type of engines intended to be used in the Soviet N1 moon rocket which failed four times before being cancelled.
Butters Posted October 28, 2014 Author Posted October 28, 2014 Orbital had a problem earlier this year with an engine exploding on the test stand. Looks like it happened again. As a side note, these engines are the same type of engines intended to be used in the Soviet N1 moon rocket which failed four times before being cancelled. Well, back to the drawing board... Come on guys, this isn't rocket science! Oh, wait.....
ExBoneOSO Posted October 28, 2014 Posted October 28, 2014 https://news.fredericksburg.com/newsdesk/2014/10/28/virginia-launch-fails-rocket-explodes-at-liftoff/https://youtu.be/YYeWdukr3Ik Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!
Gravedigger Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Should have gone with the Air Force/ULA. 70+ consecutive successful launches and counting.
Napoleon_Tanerite Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Orbital had a problem earlier this year with an engine exploding on the test stand. Looks like it happened again. As a side note, these engines are the same type of engines intended to be used in the Soviet N1 moon rocket which failed four times before being cancelled.
Marco Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Awaiting response from Elon to offer to quick-turn Dragon and send it back up......
Tonka Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 Awaiting response from Elon to offer to quick-turn Dragon and send it back up...... "One of our competitors, Orbital Sciences, has a contract to resupply the International Space Station, and their rocket honestly sounds like the punch line to a joke. It uses Russian rocket engines that were made in the 60s. I dont mean their design is from the 60sI mean they start with engines that were literally made in the 60s and, like, packed away in Siberia somewhere." -Musk in 2012 wired interview
dvlax40 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 From what i understand was that the ground crew initiated the abort but i cant find the article now...
Breckey Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 The FTS signal was sent at T+20, almost the same instant it settled back to the ground.
HerkFE Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 From what i understand was that the ground crew initiated the abort but i cant find the article now... They are probably "Go" oriented from about ignition +1 anyway.
dvlax40 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 The FTS signal was sent at T+20, almost the same instant it settled back to the ground. Why would they send teh FTS after explosion ;) 1
backseatdriver Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 (edited) What's a FTS signal? Edited October 30, 2014 by backseatdriver
ExBoneOSO Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 probably something technical like "fuck this shit" Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App! 5
Gravedigger Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 ULA didn't bid for CRS. Yeah, I just like promoting AFSPC. Did I mention the 45th Space Wing successfully launched another GPS-IIF yesterday? What's a FTS signal? Flight termination software/system/signal. A dude sits by a red button and if the launch vehicle leaves the flight envelope or nominal flight profile he sends the command to terminate the launch i.e. blows shit up. Rockets are fast and they could destroy a populated area, so the moment it leaves controlled flight, it gets exploded.
dvlax40 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 probably something technical like "###### this shit" Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App! this comment lol. what Gravedigger said is correct. I was reading an article that was saying that the rockets was off trajectory. Unfortunately the media just spams us with "Those damn soviet engines Putin sold us in the 90s are shit" rather then what is actually going on with the investigation 1
JarheadBoom Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Flight termination software/system/signal. A dude sits by a red button and if the launch vehicle leaves the flight envelope or nominal flight profile he sends the command to terminate the launch i.e. blows shit up. Rockets are fast and they could destroy a populated area, so the moment it leaves controlled flight, it gets exploded. Unless you're China. Turn your speakers down for the first :45, the noise is horrible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBJ9ue6GKek The backstory... Edit: format Edited October 31, 2014 by JarheadBoom 2
JarheadBoom Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Incredible video from NASA TV. Full-screen, speakers on, and skip to 2:50 for the actual launch (Gravedigger, don't skip. ). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdFu40_aL7w From this perspective, it didn't appear that anyone hit the red "blow shit up" button, nor did I hear the word "terminate" in the audio. [speculation] To me, it looked more like the engines lost power; maybe LOX flow stopped or turbopumps shit the bed. At 3:07 there was a small burst of some sort, the exhaust plume got very dirty yellow, and the stack descended back to ground, exploding on impact. [/speculation]
dvlax40 Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 just read a national geographic article about the incident and they were talking about the abort system. ill watch to see if maybe a faulty system was at play.
JarheadBoom Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) High-res (3000 x 2000) NASA photo of the pad, and the damage/debris left behind: Edited October 31, 2014 by JarheadBoom
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