SpaceX Identifies Causes of Recent Booster and Starship Anomalies, Implements Fixes to Improve Reliability
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During booster landing, several engines shut down before one failed, causing loss of vehicle
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Likely root cause was blocked liquid oxygen filters, reducing engine inlet pressure
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SpaceX made hardware and operations changes to improve filtration and reliability
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During Starship ascent, liquid oxygen leak led to combustion event, computer shutdown of engines
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Vehicle breakup triggered by flight termination system detecting mission rule violation