The Falcon 9 is grounded pending an investigation, possibly delaying upcoming crew flights.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered an upper stage engine failure and deployed a batch of Starlink internet satellites into a perilously low orbit after launch from California Thursday night, the first blemish on the workhorse launcher’s record in more than 300 missions since 2016.

  • BearOfaTimeEnglish
    81·
    2 months ago

    And still unmatched.

    What other launch system comes close?

    • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      Other than Soyuz I don’t think any other rocket has flown enough times to justify the comparison.