Astra Traces Fairing Separation Failure To Design Blueprint Error

Astra small-satellite launch
Credit: Brady Kenniston/Astra
CAPE CANAVERAL—The payload fairing separation problem that scuttled Astra’s first commercial mission has been traced to an error in an engineering drawing that led to the fairing’s five separation mechanisms firing out of order. The investigation into the Feb. 10 failure also found a software...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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