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ULA loses 40 Amazon Leo satellites in ‘total mission failure’ minutes after rocket launch
NY Post ·
Updated 12m ago
- 2 more outlets picked it up in the last 3 hours, most recently Techmeme, NY Post.
A rocket carrying 40 satellites into orbit for tech giant Amazon failed nearly 10 minutes after launch due to an “anomaly,” officials said.
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First reported by The Verge at · 3 outlets in all
- TechmemeAmazon loses 40 Leo satellites after ULA's Vulcan rocket fails 10 minutes into flight, marking the first mission failure for the Boeing-Lockheed joint venture (Joey Roulette/Reuters)
- NY PostULA loses 40 Amazon Leo satellites in ‘total mission failure’ minutes after rocket launchA rocket carrying 40 satellites into orbit for tech giant Amazon failed nearly 10 minutes after launch due to an “anomaly,” officials said.
- The VergeVulcan rocket fails, destroying 40 Amazon Leo satellitesUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) suffered what is reportedly its first mission failure in its 20-year history, failing to deliver 40 Amazon Leo satellites to orbit. Leo is Amazon's competitor to SpaceX's Starlink, but it has struggled to get off the ground so far, putting only a small portion of the necessary satellites to challenge Starlink