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Glory Satellite Lost To Taurus XL Failure

Posted by Unknown on from the glorious-ball-of-fire dept.

FullBandwidth writes "The protective nose cone of an Orbital Sciences Corporation Taurus XL rocket carrying NASA's Glory environmental research satellite apparently failed to separate after launch Friday, preventing the spacecraft from achieving orbit in a $424 million failure. It was the second nose cone failure in a row for a Taurus XL rocket following the 2009 loss of another environmental satellite."

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  1. Re:Time for a launch loop by dave420 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Very close? The longest carbon nanotube ever observed was only 18.5 cm long. I think LEO is a bit higher than that.

  2. Three Amateur Radio sats also lost by Muad'Dave · · Score: 4, Informative

    Also lost in this launch were three Amateur Radio Satellites.

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