Jim Bridenstine – Space Scout

Lavie Ohana December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 1 Comment anomaly, Atlas V, Boeing, Jim Bridenstine, Matoro, OFT, SLC-41, Space, Space Scout, starliner, ULA

Starliner has on-orbit anomaly after flawless launch

DEC. 20, 2019–Starliner’s Orbital Flight Test took off flawlessly at 6:36 a.m. this morning from Cape Canaveral’s pad 41. However, after separation from the Atlas V N22, which performed without trouble, Starliner ran into what NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine called a Mission Elapsed Time anomaly, leading Starliner to “believe it was in an orbital insertion burn, when it was not”.