Re:SpaceX says its rocket performed exactly as intended in Z...
by mechatronix00 on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @03:01PM
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Don’t forget about failure modes driven by out of spec loads, vibration, shock, acoustics, and thermal environments. A launch vehicle can experience higher than expected environments and can transmit those to the satellite or adapter, causing a separation or satellite failure. I’m not saying this happened but its usually a complicated post flight analysis that takes some time.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/what-we-know-and-wha...