NASA Loses Another Mission To Orbital Sciences Fairing
SAN FRANCISCO — For the second time in two years, a payload fairing that did not open during an Orbital Sciences Taurus XL launcher’s ascent has cost NASA an Earth sciences satellite mission. Liftoff from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., at 2:09:43 a.m. PST March 4 was nominal and “exactly on time” for the...
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