Accident
Falcon 9 explosion during the AMOS-6 static-fire test
September 1, 2016
On September 1, 2016, a Falcon 9 and the AMOS-6 satellite were destroyed in an explosion during propellant loading ahead of a static-fire test at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 40, two days before the scheduled launch. The cause was a failure in a second-stage helium tank.