Wellp, that didn’t go as planned
(When you buy ground support equipment from the
corrupt suppliers of Chinese building materials)
Detailed review
See also: earlier last week
(the orange cloud is a form of nitric acid, a hypergolic propellant)
• SUN night Mitsubishi H3, Land Observation Japan
Light week planned, prob’ly due to July 4th holiday:
• WED 12:03 am Firefly Alpha, cubesats CA (MON night aborted @T-7sec for ground problem)
• WED 2:01 am Falcon9, Starlink FL
It appears the range officer had taken the day off.
I think I now know the Chinese for “Oh, shit!”
As to the unplanned launch, somebody will probably get chastised for that.
They’ll make ‘im hold the match to the fuse for the next launch
Dollar Store rocketry?