Nieudany start Astry 10.02. o 20:00 z Cape Canaveral wystrzelona została RN Rocket v3.3, która miała wynieść w T+8' 30" na orbitę o parametrach: hp=500 km, ha=500 km, i=41° cztery satelity NASA: BAMA-1, INCA (Ionospheric Neutron Content Analyzer), QubeSat i R5-S1.
W T+2' 55", w chwili oddzielenia osłony aerodynamicznej doszło do awarii (prawdopodobnie osłona odłączyła się od pierwszego stopnia, lecz nie rozdzieliła się), silnik drugiego stopnia został włączony pod osłoną, co spowodowało rotację stopnia i chwilę po tym jego wyłączenie.http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n220201.htm#05Astra Rocket 3.3 launches ELaNa 41https://twitter.com/Astra/status/1491868134713671684Nieudany debiut Astry z Florydy BY KRZYSZTOF KANAWKA ON 11 LUTEGO 2022
(...) Lot rakiety Astra zakończył się niepowodzeniem. O ile pierwszy stopień pracował prawidłowo, o tyle bardzo szybko po separacji stopni doszło do niekontrolowanego obrotu drugiego stopnia rakiety. Cztery CubeSaty (BAMA-1, INCA, QubeSat i R5-S1) zostały utracone. (...)
https://kosmonauta.net/2022/02/nieudany-debiut-astry-z-florydy/ROCKET: Astra’s Rocket 3.3 (LV0008)
PAYLOAD: ELaNa 41 (BAMA 1, INCA, QubeSat, R5-S1)
LAUNCH SITE: SLC-46, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
LAUNCH DATE: Feb. 10, 2022
LAUNCH WINDOW: 3:00-4:00 p.m. EST (2000-2100 GMT)
WEATHER FORECAST: Greater than 90% chance of favorable weather
BOOSTER RECOVERY: None
LAUNCH AZIMUTH: Northeast (57 degrees)
TARGET ORBIT: 310 miles (500 kilometers), 41 degrees inclination
LAUNCH TIMELINE:T+00:00: Liftoff
T+00:06: Begin pitch over
T+01:10: Maximum aerodynamic pressure (Max-Q)
T+02:50: First stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
T+02:55: Payload fairing jettison
T+03:00: Stage separation
T+03:05: Second stage engine ignition
T+08:30: Second stage engine cutoff (SECO)
T+08:40: Payload deployment
MISSION STATS:5th orbital launch attempt by Astra
3rd launch of Astra’s Rocket 3.3 configuration
1st Astra launch from Florida
4th orbital launch from pad 46
1st Astra launch of 2022
7th orbital launch based out of Cape Canaveral in 2022
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/02/05/astra-lv0008-live-coverage/Astra stock drops 26% after NASA mission fails mid-launchPUBLISHED THU, FEB 10 20223:23 PM ESTUPDATED THU, FEB 10 20225:45 PM EST Michael Sheetz
(...) Astra’s stock fell 26% to close at $3.91 a share. (...)
The Nasdaq halted the stock down 5% at 3:05 p.m. ET, as the upper stage of the rocket appeared to be tumbling out of control on the company’s webcast of the launch.
Shares reopened briefly for trading and dropped 32% before being halted again at 3:37 p.m. ET, and then reopened a second time -- recovering slightly. (...)
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/10/astra-stock-drops-after-nasa-mission-fails-mid-launch.htmlResearch satellites destroyed in Astra rocket failureFebruary 10, 2022 Stephen Clark
Astra’s Rocket 3.3 vehicle lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography(...) But the mission went awry when the rockets second stage was supposed to separate from the first stage about three minutes into flight. On-board video beamed back to Earth showed the rocket’s five Delphin engines shutting down as planned. Moments later, the two halves of the rocket’s payload shroud were supposed to jettison, revealing Rocket 3.3’s upper stage and satellite deployers.
The rocket was then supposed to ignite its Aether upper stage engine to fire five-and-a-half minutes to place the CubeSats into orbit.
But the critical separation events did not appear to go according to plan. On-board video showed the fairing failed to fully jettison until after the second stage ignited. Moments later, an on-board camera showed the upper stage tumbling out of control more than 85 miles (140 kilometers) over the Atlantic. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/02/10/research-satellites-destroyed-in-astra-rocket-failure/https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/02/04/astra-receives-faa-license-for-first-launch-from-florida/https://astra.com/nasas-elana-41-mission/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/02/astra-cape-canaveral-elana-41/AA
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=3987.msg174261#msg174261BAMA 1
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/bama-1.htmINCA
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/inca.htmQubeSat
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/qubesat.htmR5-S1
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/r5-s1.htm