SpaceX rocket EXPLODES at Cape Canaveral...blowing up Facebook’s £150MILLION internet satellite

www.thesun.co.uk ^ | 1st September 2016, 3:11 pm | By GUY BIRCHALL

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ROCKET BLAST SpaceX rocket EXPLODES at Cape Canaveral space centre – blowing up Facebook’s £150MILLION internet satellite

A ROCKET has exploded at Cape Canaveral space centre – blowing up Facebook’s £150million internet satellite.

NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its pioneering unmanned rocket when disaster struck.

A series of explosions sent smoke and flames shooting through the sky and shook buildings miles away.

[Red Badger]

The Israeli made Amos-6 satellite (pictured) was carrying technology to allow Facebook to provide wireless internet directly to smartphones in sub-Saharan Africa

[al baby]

It was the by pass line

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

So, someone didn’t want facebook providing free internet... hmmm....?

[Red Badger]

Now it’s ‘UN-FRIENDED’................

[Tijeras_Slim]

[WENDLE]

I am off of facebook forever. I hate Zuckerburg.

[DoughtyOne]

SpaceX rocket: Unfortunate!

FaceBook satellite: Awwwaaaah...

[TomasUSMC]

Israelis in space is historically dangerous. Humm why is that. Shuttle went down with an Israeli on board and now this.

[Jeff Chandler]

NASA says SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its pioneering unmanned rocket when disaster struck.

I take it the rocket failed the test.

[Red Badger]

[Democrats hate too much]

Obama’s NASA. The US has changed on this front. Obama is a proud little Kenyan.

[Jeff Chandler]

Israelis in space is historically dangerous.

[Red Badger]

$198.8 Million.........I guess old Schmuckerberg will have to forego his vacay this year...............

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[Wolfie]

Youtube video:

SpaceX - Static Fire Anomaly - AMOS-6 - 09-01-2016

Static Fire Anomaly a minute and 10 secondes in.

[showme_the_Glory]

Woopsie

[Hojczyk]

It is probably insured

[Moonman62]

Started near the second stage oxygen tank during propellant loading. Looks similar to the failure they had last year.

[DiogenesLamp]

SpaceX rocket EXPLODES at Cape Canaveral...blowing up Facebook’s £150MILLION internet satellite

I thought the Customer was Israel. Now that I hear it's face book, and that they were just going to use it to spread their disease to other parts of the world that do not need it, now I don't feel so bad about it.

[mdmathis6]

Yeah....it went from a static firing test to being static and on fire!