SpaceX公司火箭故障将卫星送进错误轨道

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SpaceX rocket glitch puts satellite in wrong orbit
SpaceX公司火箭故障将卫星送进错误轨道
By Irene Klotz | Reuters – 1 hr 38 mins ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct 9 - A prototype communications satellite flying as a secondary payload aboard a Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket was sent into the wrong orbit because of a problem during launch Sunday evening, officials said Tuesday.
周二，有关官员称，由于周日晚间发射过程出现问题，作为二级有效载荷舱的太空探索技术猎鹰9号火箭飞行器被送进了错误的轨道。
One of the nine Merlin engines powering the Falcon 9 rocket shut down early, though the other engines burned longer to make up for the loss of thrust, saving the primary mission of delivering a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station for NASA.
猎鹰9号火箭中9台发动机提前关闭，其他发动机继续工作以弥补损失的推力，首先完成美国航空航天局国家空间站与“龙”飞船对接的首要任务。
The rocket blasted off at 8:35 p.m. EDT Sunday (0035 GMT Monday) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
火箭于美国东部时间周日下午8时35分在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔空军基地发射升空，
The Dragon freighter is due to arrive at the space station, which flies about 250 miles above Earth, on Wednesday.
“龙”飞船本应周三到达位于地球上空约250英里的空间站。
Space Exploration Technologies said its rocket, which was created by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX, as the company is known, could lose two engines and still make its intended orbit.
太空探索技术公司称，该火箭由互联网企业家Elon Musk和他的团队SpaceX公司共同开发研制，公司清楚即使失去2个引擎，仍然可以到达预定轨道。
The satellite was deposited in a lower-than-intended orbit, Orbcomm said in a statement.
卫星被放置的位置低于预定轨道。
The company declined to release details, but Jonathan's Space Report, a website that tracks space launches, says Orbcomm expected its satellite to be placed into an elliptical orbit with a low point of 217 miles and a high point of 466 miles from Earth. That would later become a circular orbit at 466 miles from Earth.
该公司拒绝透露更多细节，不过乔纳森空间报告（专门跟踪太空发射的网站）称，轨道通信公司预计卫星被放置到距地球最低点217英里，最高点466英里的椭圆轨道。稍后将变成据地球466英里的圆形轨道。
Instead, it ended up in an orbit that ranges from 126 miles to 200 miles.
相反，现在其轨道范围为126英里至200英里。
Orbcomm said an analysis has begun to determine if the satellite can use its onboard propulsion system to boost its orbit.
轨道通信公司称分析及已经开始着手，使用该卫星搭载的推进系统，提高轨道高度。
The company still plans to launch 17 more OG2 satellites on two Falcon 9 rockets in 2013 and 2014.
该公司还计划分别于2013年和2014年搭载猎鹰9号火箭发射17个OG2卫星。


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SpaceX rocket glitch puts satellite in wrong orbit
SpaceX公司火箭故障将卫星送进错误轨道
By Irene Klotz | Reuters – 1 hr 38 mins ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct 9 - A prototype communications satellite flying as a secondary payload aboard a Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket was sent into the wrong orbit because of a problem during launch Sunday evening, officials said Tuesday.
周二，有关官员称，由于周日晚间发射过程出现问题，作为二级有效载荷舱的太空探索技术猎鹰9号火箭飞行器被送进了错误的轨道。
One of the nine Merlin engines powering the Falcon 9 rocket shut down early, though the other engines burned longer to make up for the loss of thrust, saving the primary mission of delivering a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station for NASA.
猎鹰9号火箭中9台发动机提前关闭，其他发动机继续工作以弥补损失的推力，首先完成美国航空航天局国家空间站与“龙”飞船对接的首要任务。
The rocket blasted off at 8:35 p.m. EDT Sunday (0035 GMT Monday) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
火箭于美国东部时间周日下午8时35分在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔空军基地发射升空，
The Dragon freighter is due to arrive at the space station, which flies about 250 miles above Earth, on Wednesday.
“龙”飞船本应周三到达位于地球上空约250英里的空间站。
Space Exploration Technologies said its rocket, which was created by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX, as the company is known, could lose two engines and still make its intended orbit.
太空探索技术公司称，该火箭由互联网企业家Elon Musk和他的团队SpaceX公司共同开发研制，公司清楚即使失去2个引擎，仍然可以到达预定轨道。
The satellite was deposited in a lower-than-intended orbit, Orbcomm said in a statement.
卫星被放置的位置低于预定轨道。
The company declined to release details, but Jonathan's Space Report, a website that tracks space launches, says Orbcomm expected its satellite to be placed into an elliptical orbit with a low point of 217 miles and a high point of 466 miles from Earth. That would later become a circular orbit at 466 miles from Earth.
该公司拒绝透露更多细节，不过乔纳森空间报告（专门跟踪太空发射的网站）称，轨道通信公司预计卫星被放置到距地球最低点217英里，最高点466英里的椭圆轨道。稍后将变成据地球466英里的圆形轨道。
Instead, it ended up in an orbit that ranges from 126 miles to 200 miles.
相反，现在其轨道范围为126英里至200英里。
Orbcomm said an analysis has begun to determine if the satellite can use its onboard propulsion system to boost its orbit.
轨道通信公司称分析及已经开始着手，使用该卫星搭载的推进系统，提高轨道高度。
The company still plans to launch 17 more OG2 satellites on two Falcon 9 rockets in 2013 and 2014.
该公司还计划分别于2013年和2014年搭载猎鹰9号火箭发射17个OG2卫星。