Jakarta (Antara) – One of SpaceX’s Starship Rocket, Elon Musk’s Space Transportation Company, exploded on the Texas testing location on Wednesday (6/18) Night, when the company prepared for the tenth test flight from the heavy missile system.
SpaceX said: “All the staff is in a safe and safe state” in an upload in X, and claims that “there is no danger for residents in the surrounding community”.
The Tech Crunch -page, Thursday (6/19), the company said that the first analysis showed that the explosion was caused by the failure of the “printed tank that is known as COPV, or composite pressure vessels that were re -covered” in the nose of the aircraft.
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The very large explosion caused damage to the area around the test location, according to SpaceX. But the company said there were no injuries.
SpaceX is preparing to do “static fires” of the six Starship Raptor engines, so that the area around the rocket was cleaned before the explosion took place.
It is not yet clear what the impact on the development of SpaceX’s Starship Rocket system. A recent suggestion from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that the tenth test flight can be done as soon as possible on June 29.
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This will probably be postponed because this company corrects the errors that took place on Wednesday evening.
SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk, said in an upload that seems to be related to the explosion that he regards it: “only a scratch”.
In recent years, SpaceX has developed aggressive 52 meters high spaceship and super -heavy booster to 70.7 meters that it has pushed into space.
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The company started 2025 by saying that this year it would be a “transformational” year for this program, and FAA recently increased the launch limit of the Starship in Texas from five to 25.
But Starship in particular has experienced a number of problems this year. This rocket had previously suddenly exploded during the seventh process in January and again in March. This rocket again failed in the ninth process in May.
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Although this rocket succeeded in reaching its last flight in May compared to the two previous tests, this rocket still launched the Starlink – satellite he brought – an important step in the company’s plan to use this large rocket to develop space -based internet services.
Musk stated that SpaceX was on the right track to try to send Starship to Mars in 2026, giving the opportunity “50/50” in the renewal of the company in May.
The company also develops a larger “Version 3” star that according to Musk can fly the fastest this year.
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