The company says it has already nailed down the proximate cause.
People familiar with the anomaly"described having seen video of a dramatic explosion that destroyed the engine and heavily damaged the test stand infrastructure," Sheetz wrote.The engine was being prepped to fly on the second launch of Vulcan Centaur, Sheetz wrote. Blue Origin confirmed that detail, as well as the testing incident, in a statement sent to CNBC.
"No personnel were injured, and we are currently assessing root cause," Blue Origin representatives said, according to Sheetz. Investigators have already determined the proximate cause of the anomaly"and are working on remedial actions," the statement added. Blue Origin added that it immediately made ULA aware of the incident. And the latter company — a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin — doesn't seem to view it as a major problem at the moment.
The BE-4 has already been qualified for flight, meaning its overall design is sound, ULA President and CEO Tory Brunoon Tuesday. The engine that failed on June 30 was undergoing an"acceptance test" , which looks for issues with individual units before flight. "ATP failures are not uncommon. That's why we do them on every single serial number that comes off the line," Bruno said inMany parts on a rocket, individual ATP failures not uncommon . We analyze each for potential crossover, as a discipline. Many other BE4s have passed ATP & gone on to hot fire. This one had failed an earlier ATP attempt & was reworked. Keep your powder dry for now.
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