The head of SpaceX Elon Musk unveiled video unsuccessful landing the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a platform in the ocean. After landing, the rocket exploded and toppled
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The head of SpaceX Elon Musk published in his Instagram video landing the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean.
The footage can be seen as a stage of the rocket landed at the scheduled place. But then it falls and explodes.
«Falcon lands on the platform, but the lock on one of the four pillars did not work, because of what the rocket after landing capsized. The cause could be a build-up of ice due to condensation due to heavy fog during the launch “- Musk wrote.
The launch of the Falcon 9 was made the night before. The rocket has successfully placed into orbit NASA Jason-3, whose main objective is to monitor the global sea level.
At the same time it was planned to plant the first stage of the Falcon 9 on a floating platform in the Pacific Ocean for its reuse. Earlier, SpaceX said the landing was hard.
Last December, the company was able to successfully land the Falcon 9 first stage to at the former US Air Force base at Cape Canaveral. Now the company hopes to repeat the success, but landing on a platform in the ocean.
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