According to the report of Space.com, a rare anomaly occurred in the Falcon 9 rocket on Thursday night. Everything was fine in the beginning. As per plan, the rocket lifted off with SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
As always, the rocket performed well and both the stages of the rocket separated in their respective timings and reached back to land. Company CEO Elon Musk has said that the upper stage of the rocket, which was carrying 20 Starlink satellites to Earth’s low-Earth orbit, encountered a problem.
It is reported that restarting the upper stage caused RUD problem in the engine. The reason for this could not be known. The SpaceX team is analyzing the data. It is believed that the upper stage of the rocket could not reach as far as it should have gone. In such a situation, it is finding difficult for Starlink satellites to reach low-Earth orbit.
In a post, SpaceX has said that Starlink satellites have been deployed at a lower altitude than their designated orbit. SpaceX has contacted 5 satellites so far and is trying to raise the satellites into orbit using their ion thrusters.
During tonight’s Falcon 9 launch of Starlink, the second stage engine did not complete its second burn. As a result, the Starlink satellites were deployed into a lower than intended orbit.
SpaceX has made contact with 5 of the satellites so far and is attempting to have them…
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) July 12, 2024
In case of RUD problem in the engine, RUD means rapid unwanted disassembling. At present, the status of Starlink satellites is being monitored. This type of problem has been seen for the first time in the Falcon-9 rocket. In the year 2024, it has launched around 68 and all were successful. So far in its history, it has failed completely once only.
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