The Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket lift off on Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

(REUTERS) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–An experimental communications satellite flying piggyback aboard a Space Exploration Technologies’ Falcon 9 rocket fell out of orbit and burned up in the atmosphere following a problem during liftoff, satellite operator Orbcomm said on Friday.

The New Jersey-based company’s OG2 satellite was a prototype for a new 17-member communications satellite network scheduled to be launched aboard two more Falcon 9 rockets in 2013 and 2014.

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