由于引擎故障，SpaceX放弃了运载60颗星链卫星的火箭发射

由于引擎故障，SpaceX放弃了运载60颗星链卫星的火箭发射

SpaceX aborted the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket Sunday morning, grounding a mission that planned to carry 60 Starlink Internet satellites into space for the company’s growing broadband mega-constellation after finding a problem with the rocket’s engine power just before liftoff.

美国太空探索技术公司(SpaceX)周日上午取消了猎鹰9号(Falcon 9)火箭的发射计划，该计划预计将60颗星链卫星送入太空，为该公司日益壮大的宽带超级星座服务。在发射之前，该公司发现火箭引擎动力出现了问题。

The rocket had completed its countdown to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida when the team issued the order to abort liftoff.

这枚火箭在美国宇航局位于佛罗里达州的肯尼迪航天中心完成发射倒计时后，发射小组发出了中止发射的命令。

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“We had a condition regarding engine power that caused us to abort today’s launch,” supply chain supervisor Michael Andrews said. “There are a thousand ways for a launch to go wrong and only one way it could go right.”

“我们发现发动机功率方面存在状况，导致我们今天的发射中止，”供应链主管Michael Andrews说。“发射有一千种可能出错的方式，但只有一种可能是正确的。”

Andrews said the vehicle “appeared in good health” and SpaceX would release details on the next launch opportunity at a later time.

安德鲁斯表示，该飞行器“状况良好”，SpaceX将在晚些时候公布下一次发射机会的细节。

The launch would have marked the sixth launch of Starlink satellites for Elon Musk’s spaceflight company, which has already deployed more than 100 satellites into space.

这将是埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)的航天公司第六次发射“星链”(Starlink)卫星，该公司已经向太空部署了100多颗卫星。

The Starlink satellites, each weighing about 573 pounds (260 kg), will deliver “the world's most advanced broadband Internet system,” according to SpaceX.

据SpaceX公司称，每颗重约573磅(260公斤)的“星链”卫星将提供“世界上最先进的宽带互联网系统”。

The Falcon 9 rocket would have deployed the Starlink satellites 270 miles (440km) above Earth’s surface, where the satellites would have then used their onboard ion thrusters to climb to their operational altitude of 341 miles (550 km), the company said.

该公司表示，猎鹰9号火箭将在距地球表面270英里(440公里)的地方部署Starlink卫星，然后卫星将使用其机载离子推进器爬升到341英里(550公里)的运行高度。

The Falcon 9 rocket being used for the mission made four previous flights into space. It would have become the first of the company’s rockets to be launched a fifth time.

此次任务中使用的猎鹰9号火箭已经进行了四次太空飞行。这将是该公司首次对同一枚火箭进行第五次发射。