The explosion was captured on video by USLaunchReport, a nonprofit video production company run by disabled veterans. "Heard/felt weird BOOMS this morning as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded ... "Catastrophic abort" SpaceX test. Thursday's launch pad explosion could derail the sale of Spacecom for $285 million US to Beijing Xinwei Technology Group. ​Explosion from #SpaceX rocket can be seen on radar.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2016 13:44 UTC