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(FAILURE) SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 launch - CRS-7

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(mod note: changed this thread's title and merged another thread in after the launch failure)

Launch Date: June 19th
Launch time: 1751 GMT (1:51 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the ninth Dragon spacecraft on the seventh operational cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from June 13. Moved forward from June 22. [April 10]

Note that this would be the 8th resupply mission to the ISS. COTS demo 2 also docked with the station as part of the testing program.
 
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SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 launch - CRS-7 - Mission Failure

Unfortunately, it looks like the Falcon 9 CRS-7 launch failed several minutes into flight, on video it looked like complete disintegration. SpaceX announcer sounded shaken when he announced a first stage anomaly.