Astra Traces Fairing Separation Failure To Design Blueprint Error
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...
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