Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements that refer to completion of in-orbit testing, final integration and entry into commercial service.
It is intended to generate 80kN of thrust and is designed to place the Earth observation satellite into its finalorbit just a few hundred kilometres above the planet.
Besides pieces on the ground, investigators continue to study amateur and government video and photographs of the shuttle, both in orbit and during its final descent.
The rocket was intended to lift the satellite into an orbit 35, 696 kilometers above the earth, but during its final burn, the upper stage engine shut down four minutes early, and the satellite was released into too low of an orbit.