Beskrivning : SpaceX`s Falcon 9 rocket, a US billionaire Elon Musk company, exploded on Thursday 1 ° Sept. 2016 during a ground test on its Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida, causing the destruction of the Israeli telecommunications satellite AMOS-6, which Facebook wanted to use to provide high-speed Internet in sub-Saharan Africa.

The satellite, which is estimated to cost between $ 200 million and $ 300 million, would have been the heaviest satellite ever put into orbit by SpaceX, a company whose recent success had shaken the space sector.

Event rare, a special red stamp is affixed on envelopes canceled this 1st Sept. 2016 At KSC.

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