No reminder for you! The central Falcon Heavy stage rocks in a rough sea

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A "tweet" from Tim "The everyday astronaut," Dodd, announced that the main propeller of the Falcon Heavy rocket, launched on April 11, had been lost to the benefit of the sea.

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SpaceX launched its second Falcon Heavy rocket on April 11, 2019. Photo credit: Scott Schilke / SpaceFlight Insider

PORT CANAVERAL, Florida – A tweet written by Tim "The Everyday Astronaut," Dodd, announced that the main propeller of the Falcon Heavy rocket, launched on April 11, had disappeared.

The storms that hovered over the Sunshine State seem to have lifted the rough seas of the Atlantic, which caused the overthrow of the core. As Dodd it is noted:

"Sadly @SpaceX lost the central core or #falconheavy because it was towed into the harbor (from 1,000 km) because of rough seas. They have a robot named "octagrabber" that apparently can not cling to the central core of FH. This should not affect STP-2, which will use a new kernel. "

At the time of the accident, the scene was brought back to Port Canaveral by the Autonomous Drone Ship of the Spacecraft (ASDS) "Sure I still love you".

The Arabsat-6A Falcon Heavy core (B1055.1) may have been lost, but it was not intended to be part of the configuration of the STP-2 Falcon Heavy. STP-2 is due to take off from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A in June and mark the huge FH for the third time.

Thursday's flight was only the second of a Falcon Heavy rocket and the first carrying a cargo of a paying customer. The three nuclei of the first stage of the rocket landed safely shortly after completing their part of the mission to send the Arabsat-6A communications satellite into orbit. The auxiliary stages landed in landing areas 1 and 2 of Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, while the main floor landed on the ASDS.

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Jason Rhian

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