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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Grounded After Failure Dooms Batch Of Starlink Satellites
A secondstage engine on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare malfunction in space during a routine Starlink mission on Thursday night, imperiling the satellites.
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Part Of Tianlong-3 Rocket Crashes In China During Test, Says Space Pioneer
Beijing Tianbing Technology Co said on Sunday that the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket under development had detached from its launch pad during a test due to structural failure and landed in a hilly area of the city of Gongyi in central China.
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North Korea Says Its Latest Satellite Launch Exploded In Flight
North Korea said its attempt to launch a new military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure on Monday when a newly developed rocket engine exploded in flight.
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How A Chinese Rocket Failure Boosted Elon Musk's SpaceX In Indonesia
When a Chinese rocket malfunctioned shortly after launch in April 2020, destroying Indonesia's $220 million Nusantara-2 satellite, it was a blow to the archipelago's efforts to strengthen its communication networks.
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Private Mission To Land On Moon Faces Potential Failure. Here's Why
A historic private mission to land on the Moon was facing potential failure Monday due to technical problems, in a blow to America's hopes of placing its first robot on the lunar surface in five decades.
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SpaceX Launches Giant New Rocket, But Loses It Minutes Into Flight
SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, reached space for the first time on Saturday but was presumed to have failed minutes later, in a second test after its first attempt to reach space ended in
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North Korea Calls Its Satellite Launch One Of "Most Serious" Failures
A North Korean satellite launch that ended in failure will provide a trove of information about the secretive state's rocket program as South Korea salvages large sections from the bottom of the sea.
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Seoul Military Releases Photos Of Salvaged N Korea Spy Satellite Debris
South Korea's military released images of part of a North Korean spy satellite that crashed soon after launch Wednesday due to a rocket failure, with Seoul's military finding and salvaging the debris.
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Watch: How Elon Musk Reacted After SpaceX Rocket's Mid-Flight Failure
The SpaceX CEO doesn't appear too pleased as his fully loaded spacecraft blows up in midair.
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Historic UK Rocket Launch Fails To Reach Orbit
An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an "anomaly" as it neared its goal.
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European Light Launcher Rocket Vega-C Lost Shortly After Launch In French Guiana
The European light launcher rocket Vega-C was lost shortly after lift-off from French Guiana on Tuesday with two Airbus satellites on board.
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Epsilon Rocket Launch: Japan Sends Self-Destruct Order to Rocket After Failed Launch
Japan's Epsilon rocket was sent a self-destruct order on Wednesday, following a failure to launch, the Japanese space agency said. Designed to launch in three stages, the unmanned rocket was set to take several satellites into orbit on its sixth space mission. Epsilon's failure to launch was Japan's first unsuccessful rocket launch since 2003.
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ISRO’s Faces SSLV-D1 Data Loss at Terminal Phase of the Mission, Placed in Wrong Orbit
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D1) on Sunday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. However, the rocket places satellites into an elliptical orbit instead of a circular one. According to the ISRO, the satellites are no longer usable.
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South Korea Launches Space Rocket In 2nd Attempt After October Failure
South Korea launched its first domestically-developed space rocket on Tuesday, the government said, the country's second attempt after a launch last October failed.
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NASA, Astra to Send Another Set of Satellites in Orbit After Failure of Previous Weather Mission
NASA, along with Astra, will send another tiny storm-monitoring satellites to orbit as the companies lost their previous mission after engine failure. The earlier test had a rocket carrying two MIT-designed small satellites to measure moisture and precipitation in tropical storm systems.
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Grounded After Failure Dooms Batch Of Starlink Satellites
A secondstage engine on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare malfunction in space during a routine Starlink mission on Thursday night, imperiling the satellites.
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Part Of Tianlong-3 Rocket Crashes In China During Test, Says Space Pioneer
Beijing Tianbing Technology Co said on Sunday that the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket under development had detached from its launch pad during a test due to structural failure and landed in a hilly area of the city of Gongyi in central China.
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North Korea Says Its Latest Satellite Launch Exploded In Flight
North Korea said its attempt to launch a new military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure on Monday when a newly developed rocket engine exploded in flight.
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How A Chinese Rocket Failure Boosted Elon Musk's SpaceX In Indonesia
When a Chinese rocket malfunctioned shortly after launch in April 2020, destroying Indonesia's $220 million Nusantara-2 satellite, it was a blow to the archipelago's efforts to strengthen its communication networks.
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Private Mission To Land On Moon Faces Potential Failure. Here's Why
A historic private mission to land on the Moon was facing potential failure Monday due to technical problems, in a blow to America's hopes of placing its first robot on the lunar surface in five decades.
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SpaceX Launches Giant New Rocket, But Loses It Minutes Into Flight
SpaceX's uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, reached space for the first time on Saturday but was presumed to have failed minutes later, in a second test after its first attempt to reach space ended in
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North Korea Calls Its Satellite Launch One Of "Most Serious" Failures
A North Korean satellite launch that ended in failure will provide a trove of information about the secretive state's rocket program as South Korea salvages large sections from the bottom of the sea.
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Seoul Military Releases Photos Of Salvaged N Korea Spy Satellite Debris
South Korea's military released images of part of a North Korean spy satellite that crashed soon after launch Wednesday due to a rocket failure, with Seoul's military finding and salvaging the debris.
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Watch: How Elon Musk Reacted After SpaceX Rocket's Mid-Flight Failure
The SpaceX CEO doesn't appear too pleased as his fully loaded spacecraft blows up in midair.
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Historic UK Rocket Launch Fails To Reach Orbit
An attempt to launch the first rocket into orbit from UK soil ended in failure on Tuesday, with scientists reporting an "anomaly" as it neared its goal.
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European Light Launcher Rocket Vega-C Lost Shortly After Launch In French Guiana
The European light launcher rocket Vega-C was lost shortly after lift-off from French Guiana on Tuesday with two Airbus satellites on board.
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Epsilon Rocket Launch: Japan Sends Self-Destruct Order to Rocket After Failed Launch
Japan's Epsilon rocket was sent a self-destruct order on Wednesday, following a failure to launch, the Japanese space agency said. Designed to launch in three stages, the unmanned rocket was set to take several satellites into orbit on its sixth space mission. Epsilon's failure to launch was Japan's first unsuccessful rocket launch since 2003.
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ISRO’s Faces SSLV-D1 Data Loss at Terminal Phase of the Mission, Placed in Wrong Orbit
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D1) on Sunday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. However, the rocket places satellites into an elliptical orbit instead of a circular one. According to the ISRO, the satellites are no longer usable.
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South Korea Launches Space Rocket In 2nd Attempt After October Failure
South Korea launched its first domestically-developed space rocket on Tuesday, the government said, the country's second attempt after a launch last October failed.
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NASA, Astra to Send Another Set of Satellites in Orbit After Failure of Previous Weather Mission
NASA, along with Astra, will send another tiny storm-monitoring satellites to orbit as the companies lost their previous mission after engine failure. The earlier test had a rocket carrying two MIT-designed small satellites to measure moisture and precipitation in tropical storm systems.
