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Old 6th Sep 2016, 22:28
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Max Angle
 
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only the stage 2 LOX tank was still being loaded, reports suggest it was at ~80% at the time of the fire/explosion)
The reports said it was being fuelled for a static engine fire test, why was the second stage being fuelled I wonder? Perhaps something to do with structural considerations or just a test of fuelling process and equipment, it certainly won't have been fired in the test. Any ideas?
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