German rocket launch failure from Norway
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BBC : Rocket crashes back to Earth just moments after launch in Norway
The Telegraph has a further quote from the company CEO: "“We had a clean lift-off, 30 seconds of flight, and even got to validate our flight termination system.”
I'm not sure "having the thing drop like a sack of crap back into the water and detonate" actually qualifies as a flight termination system though.
Being PH, it's also mandatory to mention the large dabs of oppo being applied before it went tits up.
The Telegraph has a further quote from the company CEO: "“We had a clean lift-off, 30 seconds of flight, and even got to validate our flight termination system.”
I'm not sure "having the thing drop like a sack of crap back into the water and detonate" actually qualifies as a flight termination system though.
Being PH, it's also mandatory to mention the large dabs of oppo being applied before it went tits up.
hidetheelephants said:
Didn't seem to accelerate with much enthusiasm, then the yawing started and it slowed down and it all went to s
t, it'll be interesting to read whether it's just a control issue or if full thrust wasn't developed as well.
I first saw the video on the Telegraph website, which showed a very respectable acceleration, high speed oscillations and then what appeared to be a powered dive back into the water despite there being no obvious motor power on the way down, and also with a fairly flat attitude. The BBC video showed a much more leisurely event....turns out that the tt, it'll be interesting to read whether it's just a control issue or if full thrust wasn't developed as well.ts at the Telegraph had posted the video at 4x actual speed for some reason (as well as being unable to resist making reference to the Nazi V2 in the context of a German rocket launch in 2025). I look forward to more Telegraph 4x video footage of upcoming events - perhaps a full pelt cavalry charge down Horse Guards Parade at the Trooping of the Colour. (Edited - just watched the 2024 Trooping the Colour at high speed, albeit at the YouTube maximum of 2X vs 4X, but I have to say the whole thing seems a whole lot more jaunty and jolly, almost as if it was being done by the French)Edited by eharding on Sunday 30th March 20:59
I actually watched it live yesterday morning. When a rocket is being flight tested for the first time the chances of it all going a bit wrong are pretty high. I wasn't disappointed. You could see from only a few seconds into the lift off that the thrut vectoring system went into overdraive. I think that was a symptom rather than the cause. I reckon it was some sort of guidance problem.
It reminded me of the Proton launch that went wrong back in 2014. That was caused by a component being installed back to front!
It reminded me of the Proton launch that went wrong back in 2014. That was caused by a component being installed back to front!
Simpo Two said:
fourstardan said:
Do rockets suffer in colder temperatures to take off?
Denser air - but surely negligible in the grand scheme of things. IC engines like denser air but rockets carry their own oxygen/oxidiser so I'm not sure it counts.The way that one failed looked very much like a control instability. Problems in the control system could easily cause that kind of failure, you get a tiny bit of drift to one side and the control either over react, or are too slow to react, so you end up overshooting the other way, and it keeps oscillating until it gets out of range of the thrust vectoring to correct it.
jingars said:
Launch site safety is a key concern for SaxaVord Spaceport.
Two words, and the first one is 'Utter...'
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