{"id":22543,"date":"2021-09-06T19:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T11:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/firefly-provides-statement-on-anomaly-from-alpha-flight-alongside-new-video\/"},"modified":"2021-09-06T19:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T11:35:57","slug":"firefly-provides-statement-on-anomaly-from-alpha-flight-alongside-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/firefly-provides-statement-on-anomaly-from-alpha-flight-alongside-new-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefly provides statement on anomaly from Alpha flight alongside new video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just 3 days after their first launch, Firefly Aerospace provides some insight into what occurred during the first stage boost phase. Along with the statement was a video showcasing some different angles of Firefly\u2019s first Alpha launch and tracking footage.<\/p>\n

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Liftoff of the Firefly Alpha FLTA001 mission appeared to be uneventful at first glance. The rocket smoothly rose from the pad and all seemed to be going well. What stream viewers did notice was the lack of a call of the vehicle going supersonic at the time it was expected to. Instead, we heard \u2018Vehicle is not yet supersonic\u2019. We now know that this was due to the Alpha vehicle losing an engine about 15 seconds into flight. This is clear in the new video released by Firefly Aerospace today. <\/p>\n

In Firefly\u2019s statement about Alpha\u2019s failed launch, they say that the engine did not fail, but the main fuel valves were shut off. This lead to an \u201cuneventful\u201d shutdown of engine 2. While the sun overexposed the tracking video for a short time, we do see this engine shut down (timestamp 0:56). <\/p>\n

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