Status
Failure
STP-27AD1
Launch Time
Sat Aug 28, 2021 22:35 UTC
Sat Aug 28, 2021 22:35 UTC
LV0006. First launch of Rocket 3 with a customer payload. First Rocket 3 with stretched propellant tanks.
One of the five Delphin engines on the first stage failed <1 second after liftoff after fuel pump electrical connection was damaged by unexpected external combustion from fuel & oxidizer leakage. This caused the vehicle to veer sharply before guidance was able to correct the error. The rocket was able to continue for about two and a half minutes before the flight was terminated.
Rocket
Mission Details
STP-27AD1
Test payload for the United States Space Force Space Test Program (STP). The payload is not made to separate from the second stage of the rocket.
Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LP-3B, Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Stats
2021
82nd orbital launch attempt
Rocket 3
3rd mission
1st mission of 2021
3rd failed mission