Unlike NewtonThree, which burns only once per mission, NewtonFour completes multiple burns to ensure we deploy the satellites into their target orbits.
As planned, the upper stage has now shut down and will coast about halfway around Earth before the engine relights to complete the mission.
We're waiting for the rocket to coast halfway around Earth, deploy its payload, and downlink telemetry. Even when you're moving ~20,000 miles per hour, it takes a while to circle our planet! 🌎
We appear to have an anomaly that has prevented us from reaching orbit. We are evaluating the information.
As we find out more, we're removing our previous tweet about reaching orbit. We'll share more info when we can.
#CosmicGirl has returned safely back to @SpaceCornwall with our flight crew.
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