SpaceX is denying it, claiming that initial tracking data is always a little flaky. And what could cause an explosion? It has no hypergolics on it, AFAIK.
On 10/01/2013 07:41 AM, Henry Spencer wrote:
Another little fly in the ointment: <http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1595> reports indications that the Falcon 9 second stage may have exploded in orbit, although after payload separation. Which is not as bad as having it happen with payloads still on board, but certainly isn't good news. Henry Spencer henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (hspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) (regexpguy@xxxxxxxxx)
