Thanks, I see it, that's a good overview. However, we don't know much more than it "appears" to be the fairing sep that caused the failure.Which fairing size was used on this mission?
Which fairing size was used on this mission?
Speaking as an amateur, I assume that the Taurus US would have been in an 'insertion' trajectory that would have allowed the OCO to have entered orbit under its own power whilst the booster stage itself dropped back down and re-entered the atmosphere as it approached perigee. As the spacecraft could not seperate from the booster, it would burn up too.
We should be coming up on the latest update any minute.
That is such a shame. Will this hurt their contract with CRS?
It's not unknown for expected events to be announced even if they didn't happen. IIRC, during the first Delta III launch they were still calling out events after the rocket exploded.
Quote from: GW_Simulations on 02/24/2009 09:19 amIt's not unknown for expected events to be announced even if they didn't happen. IIRC, during the first Delta III launch they were still calling out events after the rocket exploded.Not to mention Mr Navis' call out: "1 minute 15 seconds, velocity..."