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First Australian-made rocket crashes shortly after lift-off (infosec.pub)

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https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cz93xzv3njjo

The first orbital rocket made and designed in Australia crashed 14 seconds after lift-off during its first test launch.

Videos show the Eris rocket, launched by Gilmour Space Technologies, lifting off the ground before losing momentum and crashing.

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[–] mycelium_underground@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah it no longer was producing enough chamber pressure to produce mach diamonds in the exhaust. It will be interesting to see if they release the root cause analysis.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yep, loss of chamber pressure usually indicates either a propellant flow issue or a structural failure in the combustion chamber - you can literally see the moment the mach diamonds dissapear right before it loses thrust.