Bergin, Chris «Dragon enjoying ISS stay, despite minor issues – Falcon 9 investigation begins». NASAspaceflight.com, 19-10-2012 [Consulta: 21 octubre 2012]. «The first stage issue related to Engine 1, one of nine Merlin 1Cs, after – it is understood – the fuel dome above the nozzle ruptured. The engine did not explode, but did cause the fairing that protects the engine from aerodynamic loads to rupture and fall away from the vehicle due to the engine pressure release.»
de Selding, Peter B. «Orbcomm Craft Launched by Falcon 9 Falls out of Orbit». Space News, 11-10-2012 [Consulta: 12 octubre 2012]. «Orbcomm requested that SpaceX carry one of their small satellites (weighing a few hundred pounds, vs. Dragon at over 12,000 pounds)... The higher the orbit, the more test data [Orbcomm] can gather, so they requested that we attempt to restart and raise altitude. NASA agreed to allow that, but only on condition that there be substantial propellant reserves, since the orbit would be close to the space station. It is important to appreciate that Orbcomm understood from the beginning that the orbit-raising maneuver was tentative. They accepted that there was a high risk of their satellite remaining at the Dragon insertion orbit. SpaceX would not have agreed to fly their satellite otherwise, since this was not part of the core mission and there was a known, material risk of no altitude raise.»[Enllaç no actiu]
