Fire caused SpaceX rocket failure

Posted on: Mar. 27th, 2006 || Source: news.bbc.co.uk | E-mail Article | Print Article

Fire caused SpaceX rocket failure

A fire fed by a fuel leak caused the failure of a commercial rocket seconds into its maiden launch, the company that built it has confirmed.

SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket was lost during lift-off from an island in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

It was carrying a US Air Force Academy research satellite onboard.

The vision of Elon Musk, co-founder of the electronic payment system PayPal, the Falcon was designed to cut the cost of current satellite launches.

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