On social networks, the Disconnection of the SPACEX company of the American billionaire Ilon Mask during the seventh test flight distributed.
According to NBC News, the connection with the device was lost some time after the start of the flight.
Due to the rapid destruction of Starship, the upper part of the rocket was lost, while the lower part – the reusable carrier of the Super Heavy – successfully returned to the starting platform, the company noted.
The explosion occurred above the Mexican Bay or Caribbean, noted in SpaceX. Videos appeared on social networks, on which fragments of a rocket that are scattered in the sky are visible.
Elon Musk shared a video of the launch on his page on the social network X, signing: “Success is uncertain, but the fun is guaranteed!”
The billionaire explained that according to preliminary data, oxygen and fuel leaks occurred in one of the cavities of the spaceship.
He noted that in the future, the company’s engineers will conduct a double check for leaks. They will also add a fire extinguishing system and, perhaps, increase the area of the ventilation hole.
Starship launch vehicle
Starship (pronounced “foreman”) – the SPACEX is fully developed by the SPACEX superpowered rocket launch vehicle designed for economical delivery of goods and people to near -Earth orbit, as well as for interplanetary flights to the moon and Mars.
The largest in mass and size and the most powerful launch vehicle in history. Starship consists of two steps: Super Heavy accelerator and Starship spaceship.
Starship on January 17 successfully started as part of its seventh test launch.
Starship missile, the launch of which was allowed at 17:00 local time, made a trouble -free take -off and safely landed on the Starbase launching platform in Braunsville, Texas.
The company lost contact with the rocket 9 minutes after takeoff. SpaceX representative Kate Tais said the company has lost contact with the spacecraft and rocket.