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ceejayoz on June 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX – Launch Vehicle Failure

> Cargo dragon could _technically_ survive if didn't get blown up too much.

It appears to be intact after the explosion. You can see it detach and drift back in the video at about 2:35. https://twitter.com/nextlaunch/status/615191061636481024

Unfortunately, parachutes on the cargo version aren't armed during launch (would be bad if they accidentally deployed) so it'll have smashed into the ocean and broken up.

rzimmerman on June 28, 2015 [–]

Their COO mentioned in the press conference (just a few minutes ago) that they did receive telemetry from Dragon after the event.

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