Amos 6 (Failure before launch)Falcon 9 Full ThrustSpaceX Launch Status Failure Sat · Sep 3rd, 2016 3:00 AM - 5:00 AM EDT Watch Online MissionAmos 6 (Failure before launch)Type: Communications**FAILURE: Rocket and payload lost during anomaly originating around the upper stage oxygen tank during propellant load few minutes before static fire on Sept 1, 1307UTC.** Built to replace the existing AMOS-2 satellite, AMOS-6 will be positioned in a geostationary orbit at 4 degrees west. The 5500kg craft will contain 43 Ku/Ka-band transponders and 2 S-band transponders to provide communications coverage for Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The 2 solar arrays on the craft will provide 9kW of power for the satellite’s 16 year expected lifetime. LocationSpace Launch Complex 40Cape Canaveral, FL, USA214 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA. RocketFalcon 9 Full ThrustLength: 71 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launch: December 22, 2015The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.The Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket has been launched a total of 25 times with 24 successful and 1 failed launches. LandingThe first stage of the Falcon 9 intended to land out on the ASDS OCISLY but suffered an anomaly during its static fire. Meaning the launch and landing never occurred.Of Course I Still Love You – OCISLYThe second ASDS barge, Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) services launches in the Atlantic Ocean and was the site of the first landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage during CRS-8, the launch of a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship – ASDSAn autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory. AgencySpaceXType: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USASpace Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule