US EditionSpaceX rocket accident leaves company’s Starlink satellites in wrong orbit
- SpaceX experienced its first in-flight failure of the Falcon 9 rocket since 2015, causing the deployment of 20 Starlink satellites into a lower than intended orbit.
- The engine failure during the flight led to the satellites being in the wrong orbit, with attempts being made to adjust their orbit using ion thrusters.
- SpaceX made contact with five of the 20 satellites launched and is working to raise their orbit, while investigating the root cause of the engine failure.
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SpaceX rocket accident leaves the company’s Starlink satellites in the wrong orbit
A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they’re doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up.The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Thursday night, carrying 20 Starlink satellites. Several minutes into the flight, the upper stage engine malfunctioned. SpaceX on Friday blamed a liquid oxygen leak.The company said flight controllers managed…
A SpaceX rocket failed in its process of placing the cargo into orbit. For the first time in nearly a decade, Falcon 9 broke down and predicted the satellites to an end...
A “liquid oxygen leak” was observed on the rocket stage. This failure could delay the launch of several missions planned in the coming months.
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