{"id":103225,"date":"2016-09-02T07:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T05:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=103225"},"modified":"2016-09-02T07:51:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T05:51:19","slug":"watch-the-incredible-anomaly-that-caused-spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-to-explode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/103225-watch-the-incredible-anomaly-that-caused-spacexs-falcon-9-rocket-to-explode","title":{"rendered":"Watch: The incredible anomaly that caused SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9 rocket to explode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and its commercial satellite payload\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/33930-spacex-rocket-explosion-aftermath-captured-on-ksc-launchpad-video.html\" target=\"_blank\">were destroyed by an explosion at their launchpad<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>in Florida\u00a0early Thursday (1 September) during a routine test, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/33929-spacex-falcon-9-rocket-explodes-on-launch-pad.html\" target=\"_blank\">reports <\/a><\/strong>Space.com<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX confirmed in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpaceX\/status\/771357538738577408\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">statement <\/a><\/strong>that no one was hurt in the explosion, although both the craft and its payload were destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion was reportedly caused by an anomaly on the launch pad, although no further details surrounding the explosion were given out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Amos-6 communications satellite reportedly cost $195 million and was built for Spacecom by Israel Aerospace Industries to serve as a replacement for Spacecom&#8217;s Amos-2 satellite, which is expected end its mission this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In October 2015, Facebook and the satellite communications company Eutelsat also announced a $95 million agreement to lease broadband capacity on the satellite from Spacecom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full video and explanation below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_BgJEXQkjNQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This how powerful AMD\u2019s Radeon RX Series graphics cards really are\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/102729-this-how-powerful-amds-radeon-rx-series-graphics-cards-really-are.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">This how powerful AMD\u2019s Radeon RX Series graphics cards really are<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to How we get local gaming servers in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/102911-how-we-get-local-gaming-servers-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">How we get local gaming servers in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Awesome games arriving in 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