Launch Failure
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:35:00
Saturday August 28, 2021
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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.
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
3rd
Mission
1st
Mission of 2021
82nd
Orbital launch attempt