Spacex-api: Add More Explosions Data

[markvital]

Currently, there is only variable launch_success, that indicates launch failure/explosion.
It would be great to add more data, at least at which point of time (from countdown) and altitude did failure happen. Also it would be great to indicate type of failure eg. explosion/loss of mission/etc.

This data will allow to visualize partial trajectory before explosion:

[jakewmeyer]

We could have some sort of results or outcome object with this kind of information, something that can describe details on success or details on failures.

[markvital]

Maybe something like this?

if case of success:

{
  launch_success: true
}

in case of failure:

{
  launch_success: false,
  launch_failure_details: {
    time: 0:33,     // time from countdown, could be negative (in case with AMOS-6 launch)
    altitude: 5681, // altitude on which failure happened, maybe this can be calculated from time?
    reason: "merlin engine failure"      // short description of main reason of failure
  }
}

[jakewmeyer]

Don't know if time from countdown will work will all cases, mainly Amos-6, because the explosion occurred right before the static fire test, not the launch.

[jesusrp98]

I'm going to lay down mi opinion here:

I think getting the altitude would be an easy task, since there's a lot of data from the SpaceX's launch failures in the internet.

The reason could be a simple message, just like in the @markvital example.

But the tricky thing is time. Not a problem in the first Falcon 1 launches & CRS-7 mission, but would be a problem in the Amos-6 mission. One solution could be using a '-1' in failures prior to T-0s.

[markvital]

@jesusrp98 -1 could be a solution for Amos-6. Won't people interpret it as "minus one second"?

Why can't we give negative time for Amos-6 (for ex. -23,4576), which means actual time left to planned launch time. This will make everything clear.
All we need to know is planned launch time and actual time of explosion.

[jesusrp98]

That sounds good to me yes.

[jakewmeyer]

@markvital Are you wanting altitude in km or m?

Units aside, all the data has been added. No altitude available for falcon 1 flight 1 unfortunately.

[markvital]

either way, km is fine for me

[jakewmeyer]

km it is 👍

All data has been added

[markvital]

Wow, thank you!

[markvital]

No altitude available for falcon 1 flight 1 unfortunately

Is it because they didn't have telemetry data?

Wikipedia says: "Impact occurred at T+41 seconds onto a dead reef about 250 feet from the launch site".
Maybe it's possible to calculate approximate altitude somehow?