s*********8
发帖数: 901 | 1 A rocket carrying NASA's newest climate satellite failed to reach orbit
today (March 4) and likely crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean after its
nose cone failed to separate on time, space agency officials said.
The rocket, a four-stage Taurus XL booster, launched from a seaside pad at
California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at about 2:10 a.m. PST (1010 GMT)
carrying NASA's $424 million Glory satellite to study Earth's climate.
"We failed to make orbit," NASA launch director Omar Baez told reporters in
a somber briefing following the launch failure. "All indications are, the
satellite and rocket are in the southern Pacific Ocean somewhere." [Video of
NASA's Failed Glory Satellite Launch]
Minutes after liftoff, the Taurus XL rocket's nose cone – a clamshell-like
covering around the satellite called a fairing that is designed to separate
during the trip into orbit – suffered some sort of failure, NASA officials
said.
A familiar failure
A similar launch failure occurred on a Taurus rocket in 2009, dooming
another NASA climate mission – the Orbiting Carbon Observatory – when it
also crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean. The rocket is built by the
Virginia-based company Orbital Sciences Corp., and officials there thought
they'd solved the booster's problem. | d***y
发帖数: 8536 | | l*****u
发帖数: 12114 | 3 这个是不是相当于往邻居家院子里或者公共马路上扔垃圾？
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【在 s*********8 的大作中提到】
: A rocket carrying NASA's newest climate satellite failed to reach orbit
: today (March 4) and likely crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean after its
: nose cone failed to separate on time, space agency officials said.
: The rocket, a four-stage Taurus XL booster, launched from a seaside pad at
: California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at about 2:10 a.m. PST (1010 GMT)
: carrying NASA's $424 million Glory satellite to study Earth's climate.
: "We failed to make orbit," NASA launch director Omar Baez told reporters in
: a somber briefing following the launch failure. "All indications are, the
: satellite and rocket are in the southern Pacific Ocean somewhere." [Video of
: NASA's Failed Glory Satellite Launch]
| p******u
发帖数: 14642 | 4 加州发射，掉南太平洋海里，这啥轨道？
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【在 s*********8 的大作中提到】
: A rocket carrying NASA's newest climate satellite failed to reach orbit
: today (March 4) and likely crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean after its
: nose cone failed to separate on time, space agency officials said.
: The rocket, a four-stage Taurus XL booster, launched from a seaside pad at
: California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at about 2:10 a.m. PST (1010 GMT)
: carrying NASA's $424 million Glory satellite to study Earth's climate.
: "We failed to make orbit," NASA launch director Omar Baez told reporters in
: a somber briefing following the launch failure. "All indications are, the
: satellite and rocket are in the southern Pacific Ocean somewhere." [Video of
: NASA's Failed Glory Satellite Launch]
| b*w
发帖数: 277 | 5 天朝赶紧去捞！大赚
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【在 s*********8 的大作中提到】
: A rocket carrying NASA's newest climate satellite failed to reach orbit
: today (March 4) and likely crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean after its
: nose cone failed to separate on time, space agency officials said.
: The rocket, a four-stage Taurus XL booster, launched from a seaside pad at
: California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at about 2:10 a.m. PST (1010 GMT)
: carrying NASA's $424 million Glory satellite to study Earth's climate.
: "We failed to make orbit," NASA launch director Omar Baez told reporters in
: a somber briefing following the launch failure. "All indications are, the
: satellite and rocket are in the southern Pacific Ocean somewhere." [Video of
: NASA's Failed Glory Satellite Launch]
| L**i
发帖数: 22365 | | m**********n
发帖数: 27535 | 7 民主第二大国
【在 L**i 的大作中提到】
: 啥时候MD和阿三一样了……
| e**s
发帖数: 4638 | | d*****t
发帖数: 7903 | 9 气象卫星，一般就静止吧，要不就是日同的用于普查。
【在 p******u 的大作中提到】
: 加州发射，掉南太平洋海里，这啥轨道？
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| p******u
发帖数: 14642 | 10 哦，同日轨道靠谱，所以往南发射
【在 d*****t 的大作中提到】
: 气象卫星，一般就静止吧，要不就是日同的用于普查。
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