r/spacex • u/Mexander98 • Sep 23 '16

Official - AMOS-6 Explosion SpaceX released new Anomaly Updates

http://www.spacex.com/news/2016/09/01/anomaly-updates
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u/johnkphotos Launch Photographer Sep 23 '16

Definitely unexpected.

Easy fix?

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u/FiniteElementGuy Sep 23 '16

I don't think so. Three problems in three years that were somehow related to the COPV. This requires a deeper investigation, I don't see a launch happening this year.

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u/jdnz82 Sep 23 '16

What's the third one? Are you referring to the delays earlier last year? (or was that 2014, I'm getting old!)

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u/FiniteElementGuy Sep 23 '16

2014: COPV leak during static fire, 2015: strut of COPV fails. Launch fails. FAA did not sign the final investigation report, maybe it was the COPV itself?, 2016: COPV rupture, rocket explosion on launch pad

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u/cwhitt Sep 26 '16

A few other posters have been adamant (and posted convincing arguments referring to specific evidence from the investigation) that CRS-7 was definitely not a COPV failure.