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According to the doppler telemetry analysis on Twitter, it entered free fall 90 seconds before loss of signal. So presumably the engine cut out and they have telemetry data to determine why. Most likely explanation: insufficient fuel.


> ispace engineers monitored the estimated remaining propellant reached at the lower threshold and shortly afterward the descent speed rapidly increased

https://ispace-inc.com/news-en/?p=4655

There's an unconfirmed supposition that they didn't cut over to the aux boosters from the main.




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