Sea Launch's 24th launch ended in a fireball on Tuesday, engulfing the Odyssey Launch platform in flames. The satelitte cargo was also destroyed. The reason for the crash has not been disclosed by Sea Launch, however they did release this really cool footage. Space Flight now gives their take on what happened - "In the final five seconds, the launch team announcer was heard calling out "main engine start command" and then "go inertial" as typically expected. But as the smoke and steam billowed from the Russian RD-171 engine firing to life, the rocket didn't begin its normal quick rise skyward. Instead the three-stage rocket fell out of the camera view as the entire platform was enveloped in the explosion. Whether the rocket tipped over, fell downward from the platform or collapsed was inconclusive from the video seen live."

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