How Will The Falcon 9's Grounding Impact Upcoming Launches?
Last night during a routine Falcon 9 Starlink launch the vehicle experienced an anomaly with the upper stage. This led to an unsuccessful second burn and a deployment of the satellites into a lower-than-intended orbit. To put in perspective how rare this is for the company, it marks the first Falcon 9 failure in around 7 years after an over 300 mission success streak.
Importantly, the FAA has issued a few statements regarding an investigation and a note that SpaceX won’t be flying the vehicle until the agency has confirmed it’s safe to do so. With quite a few Falcon 9 missions scheduled in the near future, this could have a decent impact on future launch dates. Here I will go more in-depth into the FAA’s statement, the Falcon 9 anomaly, upcoming missions, and more.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - Falcon 9 Investigation