According to some rumors Deep Blue Aerospace conducted a VTVL test of their 2nd large hopper on July 31st or August 1, the lack of announcement and some other rumors may indicate a less-than-ideal outcome.
Blogger ASPT posted this a couple hours ago:According to some rumors Deep Blue Aerospace conducted a VTVL test of their 2nd large hopper on July 31st or August 1, the lack of announcement and some other rumors may indicate a less-than-ideal outcome.
Analysis of data captured by the European Sentinel-2 satellite (Figure 1) revealed that some tests were apparently conducted on the Deep Blue Aerospace platform between July 28 and August 2, and traces of a suspected explosion were left after the "suspected" test. As of press time, Deep Blue Aerospace has not provided any explanation. Based on Deep Blue Aerospace's recent public information, we believe these traces were left by a test of the Nebula-1 VTVL rocket. Analysis of the "suspected" explosion range (or suspected explosion location) and the Nebula-1's first-stage fuel load indicates that the Nebula-1 may have experienced an anomaly during takeoff, exhibiting significant flight deviations, exceeding the safety envelope, and that the safety control system appears to have failed. After takeoff, the rocket flew approximately 700 meters east (based on the previous test, it should have flown approximately 100 meters southwest) before crashing and exploding on the ground. A diagram (Figure 1) provides a visual understanding of this "possible" test.