SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets grounded after explosion

Name: SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets grounded after explosion
Uploaded: 2024-07-13T01:12:00Z
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets after the company suffered a failure about an hour into what was expected to be a routine satellite deployment. The incident unfolded Thursday after a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base with 20 Starlink satellites aboard being taken to orbit.

The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets after the company suffered a failure about an hour into what was expected to be a routine satellite deployment. The incident unfolded Thursday after a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base with 20 Starlink satellites aboard being taken to orbit.

Posted July 12, 2024 9:12pm EDT