The head of SpaceX called a possible cause of the explosion rocket Falcon – RBC

The explosion of the US launch vehicle Falcon 9 in the third minute flight

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A possible cause of the crash of the American launch vehicle Falcon 9, which exploded in the third minute of flight, could become suddenly emerged excess pressure in the tank with liquid oxygen.

On this in his Twitter said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. “Problems with the Falcon 9 took place shortly before the separation of the first stage”, – wrote the mask. Later he added that “there was excessive pressure in the tank with liquid oxygen, located at the top level.” According to the mask, the data suggest contradictory because of the accident.

The head of SpaceX said that details about the causes of the accident will be available after a thorough analysis of the incident.

The launch vehicle Falcon 9 started at 17:21 MSK, the explosion occurred at 2 minutes 19 seconds after launch. Cargo ship Dragon, which is rocket was put into orbit, carrying to the International Space Station for about two tonnes of cargo, including food, supplies for scientific experiments, as well as a docking station for the modernization of the station for future connections with the American manned spacecraft.

As the head of the flight of the Russian segment of the station, Vladimir Solovyov, the collapse of Falcon with a cargo ship on board the Dragon will not affect the maintenance of the ISS. According to him, the ISS has all the necessary mandatory reserve, which was laid during the formation flight. “As for the American goods, then they, too, have such a reserve,” – said Solovyov.

It is also proposed to bring the ship “Progress” of the lost American cargo to the ISS. Solovyov said that the Russian truck starts July 3. “We are not very many can report, but tomorrow morning we will turn to our American colleagues, present our proposal,” – said Solovyov. He noted that the Russian cargo on the ship Dragon was not.

Previously, there were two accidents with Russian missiles. April 28 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1a” the ship “Progress”, but after the separation of the third stage of the truck stopped coming telemetry, and in late April the Federal Space Agency acknowledged the loss of the ship. May 16 carrier rocket “Proton-M” with the Mexican satellite MexSat-1 fell into the Trans-Baikal region shortly after the launch.