SpaceX reuses the Falcon 9 boosters over and over. The second stage for each Falcon 9 launch is new, burning up in the atmosphere after deploying its payload. During a webcast of the mission, an unusual buildup of ice could be seen on the side of the rocket with chunks breaking away. The failure, the first since 2016, ended a streak of more than 300 successful launches for the Falcon 9 rocket. The second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sustained a rare but catastrophic failure Thursday night, disintegrating in orbit during the deployment of the company’s latest batch of Starlink internet satellites. Is the Mar mission too far from reality ?
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