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Cubesat Launch Ends in Failure

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the damn-shame dept.

Change writes "The CalPoly Cubesat group's launch yesterday has been a failure. It seems the first stage did not separate from the Dnepr rocket properly, and the vehicle crashed about 25km south of the launch site. More will be known when the debris is recovered and analyzed. A second launch is still in the works, but the loss of the 14 satellites from this launch is an unfortunate end to quite a lot of hard work of many engineering students."

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  1. student projects by Toba82 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As usual, a student project fails. Too bad it had to be someone else's fault - it's much less acceptable that way.

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  2. Cal Poly SLO by Bryansix · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I would like to point out that this is a failure of Cal Poly SLO students. Students at Cal Poly Pomona actually have brains.