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Barrrrrrnd t1_j12mtuo wrote

Reply to comment by cjameshuff in ESA's Vega-C launcher has suffered a failure in its first commercial flight by kdiuro13

That’s what I was thinking. Either they burned through it or the back fell off. Either way they lost command authority and thrust.

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citoloco t1_j12x6ya wrote

What about the front?

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TADthePaperMaker t1_j16ei2f wrote

Well it’s not supposed to fall off, I can tell you that right now.

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cjameshuff t1_j15y1jx wrote

It seems like the third stage separated and ignited normally, and that's attached to the front. Maybe it broke away before that though, the CGI was obviously not an accurate depiction of what was going on.

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