{"id":71768,"date":"2016-09-01T10:11:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=71768"},"modified":"2016-09-01T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T21:10:13","slug":"unmanned-spacex-rocket-explodes-during-test-burn","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/unmanned-spacex-rocket-explodes-during-test-burn","title":{"rendered":"Unmanned SpaceX Rocket Explodes During Test Burn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: It has been reported that the explosion destroyed Facebook&#8217;s first satellite, which was worth $200 million and was intended to &#8220;provide internet coverage to large parts of sub-Saharan Africa&#8221; as part of Internet.org&#8217;s mission. &#8220;I&#8217;m deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX&#8217;s launch failure destroyed our satellite that would have provided connectivity to so many entrepreneurs and everyone else across the continent,&#8221; Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement. &#8220;We remain committed to our mission of connecting everyone, and we will keep working until everyone has the opportunities this satellite would have provided.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_BgJEXQkjNQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reported this morning that\u00a0an explosion has rocked the SpaceX launch site in Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement on this morning&#8217;s anomaly <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Xm2bRMS7T\">pic.twitter.com\/3Xm2bRMS7T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/771357538738577408\">September 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>NASA claims the blast took place Thursday morning while SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned rocket. This routine test came in advance of a planned Saturday launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpaceX?src=hash\">#SpaceX<\/a> Explosion on LC-40! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gri2nBrQhl\">pic.twitter.com\/gri2nBrQhl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 eHardin \u2671 (@eHardinda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eHardinda\/status\/771343681664192512\">September 1, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The report claims that buildings felt the blast several miles away and multiple explosions continued as sirens were heard and smoke filled the sky.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Witnesses saw a fireball and houses shook after a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpaceX?src=hash\">#SpaceX<\/a> unmanned rocket exploded on the launch pad. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uXU1vacMid\">pic.twitter.com\/uXU1vacMid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam Jordan (@Sam_Jordan80) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sam_Jordan80\/status\/771343082759589888\">September 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The rocket was supposed to hoist an Israeli satellite this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>So far, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk\u00a0has released the following tweet, offering little details:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nLoss of Falcon vehicle today during propellant fill operation. Originated around upper stage oxygen tank. Cause still unknown. More soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/771394161756942336\">September 1, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"ftb-widget\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"583\" data-widget-id=\"1TSv1OPIKl7\" data-uid=\"0723576c8f\" data-campaign=\"ce6d37e3d4\" data-pub=\"\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.graphiq.com\/vlp\/1TSv1OPIKl7?data-uid=0723576c8f&amp;data-campaign=ce6d37e3d4&amp;data-pub=\"><a style=\"font: 14px\/16px arial; color: #3d3d3d;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.graphiq.com\/vlp\/1TSv1OPIKl7?data-uid=0723576c8f&amp;data-campaign=ce6d37e3d4&amp;data-pub=\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX Missions by Year | Graphiq<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/s.graphiq.com\/rx\/widgets.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: It has been reported that the explosion destroyed Facebook&#8217;s first satellite, which was worth $200 million and was intended to &#8220;provide internet coverage to large parts of sub-Saharan Africa&#8221; as part of Internet.org&#8217;s mission. &#8220;I&#8217;m deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX&#8217;s launch failure destroyed our satellite that would have provided connectivity to so many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54503,"featured_media":71773,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-71768","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/71768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/54503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/71768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/71773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71768"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=71768"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=71768"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=71768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}