No Glory: NASA Releases Findings from Taurus XL Rocket Failure

Posted by : Aron сряда, 20 февруари 2013 г.

Artist concept of the Glory spacecraft in Earth orbit. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA has released the findings from a panel that investigated the 2011 crash of the Glory spacecraft after it failed to reach orbit on board an Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket, falling into the Pacific Ocean. Early on, the problem was traced to the fairing – the clamshell nosecone that encapsulates the satellite as it travels through the atmosphere — which did not separate from the rocket, weighing the satellite down, preventing its flight toward orbit.

However, the mishap investigation board was not able to identify the definitive cause for the fairing system failure. (...)
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