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Momentus orbital transfer vehicle suffers power problem after launch

S3 · 06/14
2022 · Momentus

Record

CompanyMomentus
Categorydefense space
Typemalfunction
Date06/14
2022
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale1 vehicle (Vigoride)
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceSpaceflight Now

What happened

Momentus's Vigoride orbital transfer vehicle experienced a power generation problem shortly after its June 2022 launch, delaying deployment of customer payloads and threatening mission objectives.

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