“Because of an unexpected aerodynamic effect,the vehicle was short of its effected range,it went to an altitude of 40,000 feet。”
“由于一个出乎意料的空气动力学方面的问题,火箭没有能够到达预定高度,只上升到4万英尺。”
A commercial rocket blasted off from a site in New Mexico on Monday, but malfunctioned before it reached space, organisers said。
The UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL rocket, which organisers had hoped would usher in a new era of cheap public access to space, blasted off from Spaceport America, a remote desert launch site near the town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico。
It slewed off course 40,000 feet (12,190 metres) above ground due to a malfunction。
The Connecticut-based company aims to become the first offering public access to space at accessible prices, with payloads priced from a few hundred dollars for small items weighing a few grams。
The telephone pole-sized rocket hurtled into clear skies with 50 items of payload——including a Ziploc bag of Cheerios, some cremated remains and several high school science projects ——on a brief suborbital flight 70 miles (110 km) above Earth at 2:14 p.m。 Central Time。It cleared the launch site and roared upward,but then appeared to spiral, leaving a corkscrew trail of smoke in the blue sky a few seconds after lift off。
9月25日,一枚商业火箭在美国新墨西哥州的一个发射场发射升空,但据发射组织者说,在进入太空之前出现故障,导致发射失败。原本这枚火箭被寄予厚望,组织者声称将开辟公众以低廉的费用进入太空的时代。
25日,这枚UP Aerospace公司的SpaceLoft XL火箭在新墨西哥一个偏僻的沙漠发射场“美国太空港”发射,在飞到离地面4万英尺的高空时,由于故障而偏离了航线。
这家总部设在康涅狄格州的公司希望成为首个让公众进入太空而且还能负担得起相关费用的公司,他们介绍说,如果试验成功,人们可以只需花几百美元就可以把几克重的物品带入太空。
这枚电线杆形状的火箭于美国中部时间25日下午2点14分发射,带着50件物品包括一个heerio塑料袋、一些死者的骨灰和几项高中科学实验项目,在明朗的天气里升入空中,原定要进入离地球70英里的亚轨道飞行,但最终失败告终。