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>In its new statement, ABL said the that at T+10.87 seconds, “Stage 1 suffered a complete loss of power.” That deenergized propellant valves, causing the nine E2 engines to shut down at an altitude of only 232 meters. The rocket, deprived of thrust, coasted upward for 2.63 seconds before falling, hitting the ground less than 20 meters from where it lifted off.

>“Shortly before the power loss, a handful of sensors began dropping out sequentially. This evidence suggests that an unwanted fire spread to our avionics system, causing a system-wide failure,” the company stated.

>ABL added that if the investigation fails to identify a single root cause for the failure, it will examine all “undesirable conditions” that could have contributed to the failure in some way and determine how to best address them.