In July 2024, a Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites suffered a liquid oxygen leak that prevent the upper stage from performing a circularization burn. Its payload of Starlink satellites ...

SpaceX has published an explanation for the debris from the Falcon 9 second stage that fell over Poland last week. Because of an oxygen leak, the expected deorbit burn didn't occur.

For nearly a year, SpaceX has been trying out something new: super-cooling the liquid oxygen (LOX) which is a key ingredient in rocket fuel. It's called deep-cryo LOX, and the idea has been around ...

a small liquid oxygen leak developed, which ultimately drove higher-than-expected vehicle body rates. As a result, following safe mission conops [concept of operations], the deorbit burn was not ...

But the second stage failed to complete its second burn after a liquid oxygen leak. “Falcon 9’s second stage performed its first burn nominally, however, a liquid oxygen leak developed on the ...

As with many of the early rockets that launched man into space, [Robert] uses kerosene and liquid oxygen for fuel. This man knows his stuff.

Fires in the aft section of Starship, located between the bottom of its liquid oxygen tank and rear heat ... launch and completing a full duration burn, the Super Heavy booster separated from ...