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Lockheed Martin’s misplaced satellite to fall back to Earth next month


Lockheed Martin’s misplaced satellite to fall back to Earth next month A Lockheed Martin satellite that was placed in the wrong orbit Dec. 22 is expected to de-orbit in February. Despite a much shortened mission, the company said it successfully accomplished many of the objectives of the technology demonstration.. The 300-pound payload — a newly designed electronically steerable antenna flying on a Terran Orbital Nebula bus — went to the wrong orbit following an upper stage problem with the Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket placed that launched the mission Dec. 22.   More



(Source: SpaceNews - Feb 1)

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