Last Sunday, June 12, startup Astra failed to launch the rocket who must bear six weather observation satellites into low orbit around our planet. The event took place in cape canaveral, In the United States. Shortly after takeoff The upper stage of the rocket turned off ahead of timeand the attached payload in the second stage fell without momentum. The event resulted in the loss two satellites TROPIC-1.

A meteorite hit the James Webb Space Telescope
NASA reported the impact this Wednesday; The JWST mirror was not damaged.

This was second failure recent similar attempts aster register. The equipment was designed for study storms. In a released statement, the company explains:

What happened to the lost satellites has not yet been reported. Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics said the payload could have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean. in sequence Thomas Zurbuchen, The NASA Associate Scientist added:

“I am confident that in the future, we will be able to successfully use this valuable launch opportunity to explore the unknown and give others the same opportunity to inspire the world through discovery.”

As for the above error, it happened in February this yearand the failed mission was attempt to deliver cargo to Spaceflight Inc customers. The accident also happened in second stage procedures.

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Via: Olhadigital.com.br Source: gizmodo.com, bgr.com, arstechnica.com