SpaceX to shift Florida launches to new pad after explosion

  • 2/5/2023
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dhu-AlHijjah 2, 1437, Sep 3, 2016, SPA -- SpaceX said on Friday it would shift Florida flights to a nearly completed second site after damage to its launch pad on Thursday from the explosion of a rocket belonging to the space services company run by Elon Musk, Reuters reported. The Federal Aviation Administration has sent seven people to Florida to supervise investigation of the disaster, said FAA spokesman Hank Price. The agency, which oversees U.S. commercial rocket launches, requires that SpaceX's flights be suspended pending results of the probe. Any sign of rocket malfunction could require changes throughout the SpaceX fleet. After a SpaceX rocket exploded in June 2015, the program was paused for six months while defective brackets were replaced in Falcon 9 launch vehicles. Damage to SpaceX's Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is still being assessed. -- SPA 04:00 LOCAL TIME 01:00 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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