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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:Fix to overcome problem next time... by ciderbrew · · Score: 5, Funny

    (Absolutely no idea why NASA didn't hire me, what with all my lack of qualifications and everything. I have loads of useful ideas ;)

    Don't put yourself down Senator.