Reaver Causes Destruction of FireFly
Scott Manley Scott Manley
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 Published On Sep 3, 2021

Yesterday FireFly aerospace made their first attempt to reach space using their FireFly Alpha launch vehicle and after an initially successful launch they were forced to terminate the rocket after it lost control. I'm pretty sure this failure has its roots in the loss of a Reaver engine about 15 seconds into the flight.

Official FireFly Alpha Launch stream hosted by Tim Dodd
   • Watch Firefly launch their FIRST EVER...  

NasaSpaceFlight had the all important footage showing the likely engine failure and the fireball.
   • Firefly Alpha Rocket Explodes In-Flight  
This footage is by Michael Baylor   / nextspaceflight  
And by Jack Beyer   / thejackbeyer  
Jack's fireball image was also used in the thumbnail.

Full video showing the loss of fairing and the debris by optodata
   • Firefly Alpha launch + explosion Sept...  

Edward Ruff's video from Pismo beach used for the altitude estimate:
   • Firefly Alpha explodes 9-2-21 7:00pm  

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