A technical issue made Boeing's Starliner miss an orbit required to rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing's Starliner spacecraft won't reach the International Space Station as planned after its liftoff from Cape Canaveral early Friday, the result of a timing issue that caused the capsule to prematurely burn fuel.
Had it been successful, the test would have paved the way for astronauts to launch on Starliner sometime in the first half of 2020. After its liftoff from Launch Complex 41, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully delivered Starliner to the appropriate orbit. The insertion burn should have happened about 30 minutes after liftoff. A backup command would have helped overcome the issue, but Starliner at the time was between NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System satellites, so the command didn't get through.
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