So far the launch is MUCH more successful than the first. But after separating, the 1st stage booster exploded as it was headed down to the Gulf of Mexico under the power of 3/33 engines. Only 3 engines were supposed to be burning at that point…
There is video of the launch for minutes into the flight, including the explosion.
Would have liked to see them reach orbit but it's still much improved over last time and they didn't blow up the launch pad so another launch license shouldn't be an issue for attempt #3. They already have several sets of ships and boosters ready or close-to-ready for stacking and launching once they sort out the issues.
TBF, launch 2 demonstrated they had fixed all the issues from launch 1 that led to it's failure, so from that perspective, launch 2 has been a successful iteration. It may take 5 or 6 (or even more) launches to get through the whole mission cycle, find all the gremlins, and address them with mods.
Not to mention this is progressing much more smoothly and safely than the NASA space launch tests. lmfao
The NASA/Boeing project appears to be a crapshow.
https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1725862657780281349
That damn firmament is hard to penetrate kek
Why specifically 33 engines? That number sounds familiar...
2nd launch, 3/33 engines.. ok :)
Inform yourself. 3 engines at that stage in the flight was planned. All 33 engines worked as designed through stage separation; 3 are all that are required for boostback and descent.
In this flight, they hoped to test their launchpad redesign as well as the hot stage separation procedure. Both tests were successful, everything after was gravy. This was a successful flight in terms of their objectives.