Just Watched the Falcon 9 ZUMA Launch From My House // Mission Was a FAIL // Space X Claiming Success // WTF is Going On ? (news)

submitted ago by Oh_Well_ian

Seen them countless times because I live 14 miles from the Cape. The booster returned but the second stage did not burn. It was LIGHTS OUT at separation. The rocket took a very steep trajectory, at least 20 degrees to vertical from normal. Rocket went dark at the end of first stage and the booster could be seen. Sonic boom confirmed on booster re-entry, but no way satellite could have been deployed. A very bizarre phenomenon when compared to all prior launches.

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R34p_Th3_Wh0r1w1nd ago

They may have used a different trajectory. I thought it was an odd launch myself. It seemed to climb real slow from my angle. If it had failed the booster wouldn't have came back.

Oh_Well_ian ago

' if it had failed the booster wouldn't have came back ' How do you rationalize that ? That is exactly what it looked like from my perspective. I knew immediately something was wrong, because the burn into orbit should have last at least another 2 minutes.