Sea Launch: Preliminary IS-19 Launch Data Exonerates Rocket

摘要

Commercial launch services provider Sea Launch AG on June 8 said early indications are that its rocket performed as designed May 31 when it placed Intelsat's IS-19 telecommunications satellite into orbit, and that the satellite's subsequent failure to deploy one of its two solar arrays was not caused by any issue with the rocket. However, in releasing preliminary "Quick Look" telemetry data, Sea Launch said that while its rocket carried the satellite to orbit within the predefined vibration and other limits, vehicle sensors recorded "an unexpected, isolated event" 72 seconds after liftoff.