Comments on: Firefly successfully launches for the second time in 2023 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/firefly-successfully-launches-for-the-second-time-in-2023/ Sat, 23 Dec 2023 15:39:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/firefly-successfully-launches-for-the-second-time-in-2023/#comment-1437869 Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:50:44 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=101331#comment-1437869 In reply to Jay.

Jay: From the tweet, it sounds like the satellite deployed as planned, but did so after the second stage engine failed to fire and circularize the orbit. The orbit the two objects are in is definitely very eccentric.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/firefly-successfully-launches-for-the-second-time-in-2023/#comment-1437860 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 22:32:39 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=101331#comment-1437860 Possible failure in the separation of the LM satellite and the Firefly second stage
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1738294781032202553

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